
Sake-Bomb is a cocktail created by dropping a shot of sake into a pint of beer. It's also a comedic road movie about a sarcastic Asian American and his Japanese cousin. Sebastian is a bitter, self-deprecating wannabe Internet star from Los Angeles. He is recently dumped by his girlfriend and on the look out for someone new. When his cousin Naoto, a naive sake maker from Japan, shows up to find his own ex-girlfriend, Sebastian takes him to northern California to find her. They... (Full plot summary below)
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Sake-Bomb is a cocktail created by dropping a shot of sake into a pint of beer. It's also a comedic road movie about a sarcastic Asian American and his Japanese cousin. Sebastian is a bitter, self-deprecating wannabe Internet star from Los Angeles. He is recently dumped by his girlfriend and on the look out for someone new. When his cousin Naoto, a naive sake maker from Japan, shows up to find his own ex-girlfriend, Sebastian takes him to northern California to find her. They are a clash of cultures waiting to happen. Someone has to break first. Together they meet a colorful group of characters as they come to grips with who they are and the true nature of the girlfriends they're pursuing.
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| Los Angeles TimesInkoo KangDirector Junya Sakino's debut would have been stronger if the comic barbs in Jeff Mizushima's script hadn't been dulled by Mizushima's editing, which bungles the timing of the jokes. |
| OregonianJamie S. RichSake-Bomb is its own tedious cliché: a polemic that becomes everything it's supposed to hate. |
| Asian Movie PulsePanos KotzathanasisBy presenting, in a comical approach, several of the stereotypes, urban legends and issues in general that Asians have to face once they cross the Pacific, he manages to create a film that provides entertainment as much as food for thought. |
| User ReviewNicki MA simple movie, but I enjoyed it; out made me smile. Although, it seemed a little ironic that the main character complains about Asian stereotypes all day, while his cousin is a fob stereotype. Hmmm. |