Rent The Machine Girl (2008)
3.1 of 5 from 75 ratings
1h 34min
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- Synopsis:
- Ami's a beautiful, popular kid for whom the future looks pretty good. But when her high-school brother gets bullied for money, and the guy after the cash just happens to be the vicious son of a crazy Yakuza crime boss, you know all hell is about to break loose. When Ami's bro can't pay enough, violence breaks out, he is murdered and Ami is bound, tortured and has her left arm hacked off as a reminder not to screw with the Yakuza. But his is one chick who doesn't take any shit! Barely alive, she is taken in by a mechanic, who builds her a prosthetic limb with a difference – it's only a fully automatic machine gun!
- Actors:
- Minase Yashiro, Asami, Kentarô Shimazu, Honoka Ishibashi, Nobuhiro Nishihara, Yûya Ishikawa, Ryôsuke Kawamura, Demo Tanaka, Nahana, Tarô Suwa, Noriko Kijima, Kentarô Kishi, Ryôji Okamoto, Erika Terajima, Tsutomu Uchigasaki, Hiroko Yashiki
- Directors:
- Noboru Iguchi
- Producers:
- Yoshinori Chiba, Yoko Hayama, Satoshi Nakamura
- Voiced By:
- Brina Palencia, Dan Green, Jason Griffith, Erica Schroeder, Mike Pollock, David Wills, Dara Seitzman
- Writers:
- Noboru Iguchi
- Aka:
- Kataude mashin gâru
- Studio:
- Showbox
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/05/2009
- Run Time:
- 94 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0, Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Behind the Scenes
- Trailers
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Reviews (1) of The Machine Girl
OTT comedy action gore - The Machine Girl review by LC
The plot here is a bog-standard revenge thriller, and nothing to get too excited about. Where this film entertains is in how ridiculously over the top it is, with the screen literally gushing blood from a series of inventive kills. Characters are similarly ludicrous - as well as the titular machine-gun for an arm heroine, we also have a villain with a rotating metal bra that acts as a deadly drill - that's the kind of lunatic film this is, and after a while it's impossible not to laugh and enjoy the silliness. The only real downside here is the picture quality, which even on blu ray looks pretty cheap and nasty. Close-ups are fine, but any background detail is lost in a blur of pixilation - I'm guessing due to budget this was filmed on the equivalent of cheap digital camcorders. A shame, but if you can overlook that, there is some good, bloody fun to be had here.
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