"I am born under an unlucky star."
It seemed to me that I was born under a lucky star when the Japanese Film Festival screened this movie for free in my country.
Believe it or not, Matched was actually the reason why I left our house and broke my one-month "no going out" streak. When I saw the poster in the official JFF lineup this year, I knew I had to fight to get tickets for it (to the point where I had to excuse myself from work just to sneakily snag some tickets—oops).
No one knows how badly I wanted to watch this movie. When it was rumored that both Tao Tsuchiya and Daisuke Sakuma would star in a thriller film together, I knew I had to be there. Tao was someone I really loved seeing on the big screen, while Sakkun, on the other hand, was my favorite Snow Man member, so you can imagine how ecstatic I was when the news came out.
Drama aside, Matched had a very interesting and timely premise. In a generation dominated by technology, everything seemed easier—even finding someone to spend your waking days with. What’s the best way to meet someone with a common interest and goal? Through a dating app, duh.
But what made this interesting for me was the dark truth: you could potentially match with someone who is dangerous. There’s no way you can truly get a feel for someone without spending time with them. And that’s something Rinka did—she entertained someone who was too strange for her liking. Tomu, on the other hand, was probably just cosplaying as someone who's engaged in dark magic.
Despite my dislike of how everything turned out in the end, I genuinely found some parts amusing. Even the people I was watching the movie with were literally howling with laughter whenever Tomu said his iconic line.
If you're used to seeing Sakkun in his always happy and energetic state, well... you won’t get an inkling of that here. Please, give him more of these roles! He pulled it off perfectly.
Believe it or not, Matched was actually the reason why I left our house and broke my one-month "no going out" streak. When I saw the poster in the official JFF lineup this year, I knew I had to fight to get tickets for it (to the point where I had to excuse myself from work just to sneakily snag some tickets—oops).
No one knows how badly I wanted to watch this movie. When it was rumored that both Tao Tsuchiya and Daisuke Sakuma would star in a thriller film together, I knew I had to be there. Tao was someone I really loved seeing on the big screen, while Sakkun, on the other hand, was my favorite Snow Man member, so you can imagine how ecstatic I was when the news came out.
Drama aside, Matched had a very interesting and timely premise. In a generation dominated by technology, everything seemed easier—even finding someone to spend your waking days with. What’s the best way to meet someone with a common interest and goal? Through a dating app, duh.
But what made this interesting for me was the dark truth: you could potentially match with someone who is dangerous. There’s no way you can truly get a feel for someone without spending time with them. And that’s something Rinka did—she entertained someone who was too strange for her liking. Tomu, on the other hand, was probably just cosplaying as someone who's engaged in dark magic.
Despite my dislike of how everything turned out in the end, I genuinely found some parts amusing. Even the people I was watching the movie with were literally howling with laughter whenever Tomu said his iconic line.
If you're used to seeing Sakkun in his always happy and energetic state, well... you won’t get an inkling of that here. Please, give him more of these roles! He pulled it off perfectly.
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