Sukiyaki Western Django (2008)

As much of a hoot as the movie is, it feels like just an exercise well before it ends.

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10/03/08

Director Takashi Miike's dish of sukiyaki spaghetti ala Sergio Corbucci is badly seasoned with scraps of reservoir dogs.

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10/02/08

Sukiyaki Western Django is Takashi Miike's frantic swirl of a spaghetti western, marrying eastern and western elements in what could be taken as either homage or parody -- or both.

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09/19/08

The chaotic elements never really coalesce into a sensible whole beyond the idea that this is what, at that moment, Miike thought would be really cool...the film is cluttered and not very fun.

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09/18/08

Japanese spaghetti Western that's both faithful to its Italian antecedents and way out on its own wacky wavelength.

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09/12/08

A remarkably inventive yet referential Eastern Western, full of action, cinematic references, pop-cowboy lingo, bloody haute costuming, two warring clans and one carnage-inducing Gatling gun.

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09/12/08

You haven't lived until you've heard a Japanese actor use the phrase 'Whistling Dixie' in a sentence

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09/11/08

An homage to the concept of "more is less."

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09/10/08

...one of those preening film-geek "tributes" to an old B-movie with which most people are, shall we say, not intimately familiar.

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09/05/08

More action, gun fights and swords fail to make this a better film than the spaghetti westerns that came before. Tarantino is great but his small part is too little to lift this Eastern oater much above average.

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09/03/08

It's a perfect execution of its genres and offers enough of a gimmick to maintain interest. Unfortunately, Sukiyaki never rises above its roots and, strangely enough, doesn't actually offer up anything new.

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09/02/08

The lurid sets and savage and startling action will undoubtedly have cult appeal as the conventions of physics, history and genre are all ignored in this overblown fever dream.

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09/01/08

Japanese suspense maestro Takashi Miike pays homage to the spaghetti western genre with a story born of Sergio Leone's "A Fistful of Dollars," which was originally inspired by Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo."

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08/29/08

Utterly deranged.

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08/29/08

It is, of course, a must for Miike's legions of fans, of which I am one. It also should serve as a way for mainstream audiences to become acquainted with Miike.

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08/29/08

A lightweight goof that feels a little dashed-off, the latest from cult director Takashi Miike won't earn him any new fans, but might entertain the many he's already got.

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08/29/08

Sukiyaki Western Django is comfort food garnished with aural and ocular delights. It's often quite moving, as well; though not the most nutritious repast, few will describe it as forgettable.

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08/29/08