Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Joshua H. "Gozu" is directed by Takashi Miike, and is about a cowardly yakuza hit-man driver named Minami who's tasked with secretly executing his "Brother" Ozaki, who has recently been losing his mind and poses a threat towards the yakuza squad. Things start to take a weird and surreal turn as Ozaki goes missing and Minami must find him while stuck in this town where there's cow-headed minotaurs, dead people, and an eerie pair of siblings who run a hotel inn."Gozu" is probably one of the most if not the most f***ed up movie I've ever seen. The scenes and imagery being displayed is so vulgar and graphic that it was very uncomfortable and eerie to watch. If only David Lynch was Japanese I'd think he would've directed this film. "Gozu" is very much like a David Lynch film in that we don't know what's real or not, the surreal imagery, and the weird characters they both have.The acting is very well by the entire cast and the direction is just out there. I will admit that the first twenty minutes were pretty unclear as we weren't introduced to the true tone of the movie. Also the actors sometimes over act and sound kind of forced and cheesy. Overall "Gozu" is not for everyone since this is one of the more weirder films I've seen and I know people don't really favor weird. Miike gives excellent direction in this film and doesn't let the story fall through the cracks. If you like David Lynch's work or even Takashi Miike's I think you'll like this film very much if you haven't seen it.

Patchbunny Had this one on the TV whilst on the exercise bike, the benefit of which is I'm a bit more reluctant to halt a bad movie and toss another one in.Brief description, Minami, a gangster who rides the short bus into work enters a bizarre world when he takes his boss to another city to be killed. There's nothing remotely scary, little is humorous, but there's a lot of 'what the hell is supposed to be happening now'? One of those movies that's on the borderline of grabbing the remote and fast forwarding until something interesting appears to be happening on screen, but the problem there is there's no obvious point when something interesting is happening.If you have a taste for oddball Japanese cinema you might enjoy this, but I couldn't wait for it to end.

Ellen I can't believe how many people gave this film a rating of 7+. I've been referring to IMDb for films to watch for several years now, and this is the first time that I've been so disappointed because of the number of good reviews for this film. Do not just rely on the good reviews, they're so misleading (I should have learned this a lesson a long time ago).Maybe I should have watched an earlier film from the same director, but this one is so awful plain plain awful! Note that I do enjoy watching weird films but this film is just awful (I'll use this word again and again mind you). I agree with the comment of the other reviewer who said that this film could have been squeezed into 30 mins, but no, I had to endure longer than that. The movie dragged on and there were too many unnecessary scenes and lines that are just so annoying!There should be another category in IMDb for weird films, and this should be on top. If you decide to watch this, then let me tell you that you'll just waste your time. I won't recommend this film to anyone!

knuckles_and_sonic I don't mean in a conventional way...not at all...this is Miike folks and nothing is ever as it seems. You will never think of Milk, Cows or birth again in the same way ever.The first 20 minutes or so are extremely funny...I mean the guy is obviously insane...thinking such a little dog belongs to the Yakuza. After he gets separated from his brother...this is where things go so far into the weird scale that Im still digesting (OK not the best choice of words...perhaps processing...OK forget it...digesting it is) exactly what I watched and it's been 2 days since some of the scenes of this film have been seared into my brain.If you can handle perverse things and have seen other Miike films...watch this...its funny, sick, shocking all at the same time.I find it strange that the very last image of the film was the one thing that disturbed me the most...I mean it's not even sick...it's an everyday thing people do the world over...but in the context of this film it takes on a darker meaning.