Broken Rage

Kitano does what Kitano does best

Can't believe this got shadow-dropped onto Prime a few days ago and I'm only just learning about its release now 😭... Takeshi Kitano may be in his twilight years but that's not stopping him from doing what he loves and doing it well, with Broken Rage he paints a rollicking self-portrait of himself; an artist rethinking his relationship with the medium he's mastered and having a decidedly grand time in the process. It's a remarkably clever tactic to initially convey your story one way, only to backpedal in the second half and present it in a completely different style; it's a move that massively pays off and delivers some prime Kitano hilarity; tackling the two genres he's always been most known for, starting from a drier deadpan before rebooting into unbridled absurdity, a concise lesson in parody, creating a simple form and then breaking it with the subtle force of a sledgehammer through wood on a nail bed. In many ways, it can be seen as Kitano mocking the current filmmaking climate we live in, poking holes in everything and everyone he can, a perfect amalgamation of his works distilled into a crisp 66-minute runtime. It is a significant departure from traditional storytelling, that pays off tenfold in many ways with Broken Rage adhering to the two most significant adages in show business: always leave them laughing and wanting more; it's utterly hilarious, Kitano knows it and embraces it delivering both a love letter to himself and his fans while also ridiculing both.

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Just watch it lmao

Honestly the best way to explain this is, the first half is the narrow and straight. Then the last half is just hilarious nonsense. Not all of it will hit good. But the really funny bits are classic Kitano. The plot is basically told twice but with comedic changes in the second half.

Honestly first part isn't even that bad pretty simple gangsta setup lol
Kinda reminded me of like improv shows. You could tell the actors were having fun with the constant snickering. I've never seen Tadanobu Asano act like this before haha so it was ever funnier.

If you like Kitano and to waste a random hour, why not lol

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