What the hell is wrong with God?
(Takahata Shun)
Director: Miike Takashi
Screenwriter: Yatsu Hiroyuki
Stars: Fukushi Sota, Kamiki Ryunosuke, Yamazaki Hirona
Origin; Japan
Runtime: 117 minutes
Sinopsis: High school students forced to play a game for the sakes of their lives
Based on manga by Kaneshiro Muneyuki and Fujimura Akeji
The movie initiated with a saying from a student named Takahata Shun and a question from a student named Amaya Takeru. Both of them saw their lives as meaningless. But then, suddenly, they have to face with games which can take their lives. The first game is the game called Daruma ga Koronpa which has already brought some casualties and the remaining students were desperate to think what they should do to stop the Daruma. In here, Satake played by Shota Sometani was the one who told how to win the game calmly. Then, this first sequence showed me how the story would be continued in the following scene. I'll say Miike Takashi folded up the story interestingly. Well, I haven't seen the manga, but this movie is interesting. It's bloody and gore, but it's not the only thing that presented in the movie. You could see some values about how to live and how to see how valuable your life, especially for the high school students.
Speaking of high students, it's kinda bring back memories. Fukasaku brought Battle Royale live-action adaptation earlier which also had a similar plot: high school students fought for their lives. The movie received controversial response from the audience, yet it's successful to make its point as one of the respectable movies, coming from Japan. And for this movie, I saw some responses about it. One of my friends found this movie is a bit confusing because the 'games' came out from nowhere. Well, for me, it can't be helped since it's based on manga and Miike needed to shorten the length of the manga into two-hours movie. Making the manga into this movie is challenging itself. However, I'd think it was not bad a live-action adaptation. Well, it's started in the middle of the game, but it gave a good explanation about the premise of the manga. It worked for me, but everyone had their own way of interpreting the movie. However, I'd might be lying if there is no weakness in the movie. Manga with survival theme usually had many characters and the movie is a bit failed in showing the depth of a character since it had only two hours to present the story. Other than that, this movie looked like a bit absurd, haha. But, it's just a matter of you haven't read the manga or not. Personally, this movie is a bonus for me because I could see Kamiki and his evil smirk. That's all.
(enjoy the trailer)
Credits:
International Film Festival Rotterdam @ youtube
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