寄生獣 Part 2
Réalisation:
Takashi YamazakiScénario:
Ryota KosawaPhotographie:
Shôichi AtôMusique:
佐藤直紀Acteurs·trices:
Ai Hashimoto, Shōta Sometani, Eri Fukatsu, 北村一輝, Masahiro Higashide, 大森南朋, Jun Kunimura, 浅野忠信, Hirofumi Arai, Kimiko Yo, ピエール瀧, 豊原功補, 岩井秀人 (plus)Résumés(1)
Tiny creatures called 'Parasites' have arrived on Earth with the sole purpose of taking over human bodies and preying on mankind. One such Parasite latches on to ordinary high school student, Shinichi Izumi. Fortunately, he is able to fight it off before it reaches his brain. But unfortunately, it is now stuck within his right hand. Shinichi cannot reveal his terrible secret to those around him, but a strange relationship develops between himself and the creature he calls 'migi' (Righty). Before long, they begin to encounter other Parasites which launch savage attacks against them and endanger the life of his childhood friend, Satomi. When Shinichi's beloved mother is killed and taken over by a Parasite, it becomes an all-out war between humanity and the Parasites. But nothing is black and white in this struggle. Why were the Parasites created? Are they here to cull our numbers? The planet needs to be preserved, but we also want to protect our loved ones. Amidst this conflict of values, Shinichi and Migi have no choice but to hurl themselves into the fight against the ever more complex attack of the Parasites. (Manga Home Entertainment)
(plus)Critiques (2)
Definitely better than the first part, but I'll still stick with the better three stars. Compared to the first part, it is more brisk, more action-packed and also surprises with quite frequent and interesting twists, which I praise, but the horror elements seemed a bit underused. The good visuals and the cool villain are also worth praising, but it lacked perhaps more grit and the running time could have been cut by 20 minutes at least. Still, a decent horror film for Japan. 65%.
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Japanese people are just cool, and I was very curious about this sequel because of their abilities. They are skilled, among other things, because how well they can handle the special effects sequences in their movies. That's fully true here. The film works precisely because it's excellently crafted in terms of special effects. But it also has a story that is not boring.
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