
Set in a post apocalyptic Yokohama where the population is kept under rigid control by a half crazed mayor, Riki Takeuchi is a hard boiled cop and Show Aikawa a mellowed out drifter that hooks up with a gang of rebels. When the gang kidnap Takeuchi's son, the wheels are set in motion that leads to an inevitable showdown.... (Full plot summary below)
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Set in a post apocalyptic Yokohama where the population is kept under rigid control by a half crazed mayor, Riki Takeuchi is a hard boiled cop and Show Aikawa a mellowed out drifter that hooks up with a gang of rebels. When the gang kidnap Takeuchi's son, the wheels are set in motion that leads to an inevitable showdown.
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| CitysearchBilge EbiriAlthough some viewers will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness, those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime. |
| Film Journal InternationalEthan AlterStripped of Miike's usual flourishes, Final is an ugly-looking and often listless affair that only occasionally recaptures the entertaining insanity of the first film. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanTakashi Miike is a master at making love-'em-or-loathe-'em spectacles, but even fans are likely to consider the final film of his Dead or Alive trilogy a minor entry in his oeuvre. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoThe movies of prolific and popular Japanese director Takashi Miike evoke many emotions -- nausea, excitement, awe, amazement, shock. One emotion they don't often evoke is boredom. Sad to say,Dead or Alive: Final is boring. |
| Film4Anton Bitela disappointing lo-fi sci-fi closer to an excellent trilogy - even if its climactic sequence is one of Miike's ballsiest. |
| VarietyDerek ElleyIt's a silly but enjoyable farrago from the cult quickie-meister, again set in an amoral universe-on-a-budget. |
| The A.V. ClubScott TobiasIn Dead Or Alive: Final, Miike trades his grimly comic, sex-and-blood insignia for a self-consciously wacky conflation of Hong Kong action cinema and Japanese anime, with a little cheap science fiction tossed in for good measure. |
| Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonScene-by-scene, things happen, but you'd be hard-pressed to say what or why; occasionally, a poetic moment leaps out of the soup. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe home-movie crudeness of Dead or Alive: Final indicates it was made on the cheap with minimal preparation. |
| User ReviewChristopher BDu grand Takashi Miike... surtout les 6 première minutes... d'anthologie ! |