Prisoners of the Ghostland
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Set in the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town where a ruthless bank robber is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor, whose adopted granddaughter Bernice has gone missing. The Governor offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange for retrieving the runaway. Strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within three days, the bandit sets off on a journey to find the young woman and his own path to redemption.
John Homen reviewedMarch 16, 2025
Not worth the time, or mental anguish
Imagine you attend a party filled with your partners friends and coworkers, the setting is interesting and the people full of energy. You try to be a part of the evenings conversations, but the guests only speak to each other via a series of inside jokes, and hold spoken tales of places and events you've never heard of. That would be a less frustrating version of the story that PotG lay out for us.
The direction given to the actors plays like notes given over a koren war era handset, and then poorly related thru a beta version of google translate.
The visual elements of the film, while making almost no sense in the greater scheme of things are interesting to look at, and is a welcome change to paying attention to the acting going on.
In fairness, i managed to get only 60 minutes into the film, somehow they have another 45+ minutes to go. If i do revisit the film at a later date, either seeking closure or when I hit a peak of masochism, the film will be on mute and the subtitles will be off.