"Cold Fish (Japan, 2010) is the story of serial killer, Murata, who owns a tropical fish shop, and the way in which he forces Shamoto, a mild-mannered family man, to become his accomplice. To read a simple description of the events that take place in this film, you might expect something similar to Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy: innovative in its aesthetics, but disturbing in its violence. In reality, Sion Sono’s film could hardly be more different. In OldBoy, violence has a tendency to steal centre stage from story, and visual innovation at times becomes an end in itself. In Cold Fish, on the other hand, bloody scenes have a clear relevance to theme and narrative, and its aesthetic, while polished, supports rather than distracts from the action."
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Topic - "ColdFish" gory-dark-comedy - Eldragon@gmx.com 21:34:18 03/19/12 (8)
- Great boobs in there - Victor Khomenko 11:05:57 03/21/12 (5)
- Me too - Jon L 16:38:14 03/21/12 (4)
- Yes couple of cute girls...maybe too cute - Eldragon@gmx.com 07:20:53 03/22/12 (0)
- With all the butcher shop monkey buisness of dismembering corpses.... - mr grits 19:02:44 03/21/12 (2)
- Pusher III dismemberment is hard to beat. nt - tinear 14:48:23 03/22/12 (1)
- Dinner at 8. - Victor Khomenko 16:00:15 03/22/12 (0)
- Thanks, looks interesting. But I disagree with the reviewer's take on "Oldboy:" the violence serves - tinear 08:18:43 03/20/12 (0)
- After seeing this I decided that the Koreans are the best storytellers around . . . - mr grits 21:51:39 03/19/12 (0)