th-kyhn Reviews

Yasha (1985)

Bad

[4/10 · 22 April 2022]

Lots of mainstream/yakuza cliches and cheesy background music. Clumsy narrative exposition. Some of the actors are OK, but the overall awfulness of the movie is too great for that to be of any help. Not recommended.

The Challenge (1982)

Unbelievably bad

[2/10 · 11 February 2021]

While not expecting much from this movie and mainly watching it to see the Kyoto International Conference Center, it was in fact a whole lot worse than expected: An embarrassing 80s' American fantasy version of Japan full of the worst cliches and stereotypes in the manner of Karate Kid, etc. Two stars for the architectural setting though.

Inside the Chinese Closet (2015)

Brief comment

[6/10 · 13 July 2020]

While I found it worth the time watching this documentary, I agree with Gordon-11's criticism. An additional, if minor, shortcoming is the choice of country music as background music in a documentary with this theme and setting.

Mr. Long (2017)

Patchwork of cliches

[3/10 · 7 June 2020]

This movie is nothing but a long string of cliches, gangster movie cliches, feel-good movie cliches, etc. This may sound interesting, but as the movie isn't doing anything with these cliches other than - most likely unintentionally - being made up of them, it's not.

Boys for Sale (2017)

Very good documentary

[8/10 · 31 March 2020]

This is a very good documentary. The one star ratings are most likely from people who haven't watched it.

A Taxi Driver (2017)

Emotional effect

[5/10 · 17 June 2018]

The focus of this movie is on emotional effect rather than on the Gwangju Uprising, the event it is supposed to be about.

Don't Blink (2015)

Partly ruined by the music

[5/10 · 31 May 2018]

Worth seeing, if you have any interest in Robert Frank, but partly ruined by the meaningless fragments of music added merely as decoration.