Reviews

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  The Boy And The Heron

  4.0
  Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy  •  Japan

  Beginning somewhat sombre and low key before exploding into a cavalcade of colour and crazy (talking) creatures, ‘The Boy And The Heron’ is pure unbridled Miyazaki.

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  Bodyguard Kiba 2

  3.0
  Action, Crime, Drama, Martial Arts  •  Japan

  Not as riotously entertaining as the first instalment, ‘Bodyguard Kiba 2’ is still a fun watch, mainly to see Chiba strutting his cool stuff and for the impressive fight scenes that open and close the film.

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  Bodyguard Kiba

  3.5
  Action, Crime, Drama, Martial Arts  •  Japan

  Existing in its own heightened reality, ‘Bodyguard Kiba’ is all about making our hero look cool (and indestructible!) and the bad guys as nasty as possible.

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  Visitors

  3.0
  Comedy, Horror  •  Japan

  Owing a lot to likes of ‘Evil Dead’ (and other 80s style demon/zombie/gore films) Kenichi Ugana puts enough of his own spin and Japanese style quirk into proceedings to make it his own.

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  Fighting Spirit

  2.0
  Action, Fantasy, Martial Arts  •  USA

  ‘Fighting Spirit’ has some energy and a surfeit of almost non-stop fights but is just a little too cheap, hokey, and grimy to recommend as silly fun.

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  A Guilty Conscience

  4.0
  Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery  •  Hong Kong

  While not without some dry humour, Jack Ng’s courtroom drama is a mostly sober look at a theme that pops up in cinema worldwide, namely how the legal system tends to favour those with money and influence.