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Adrenaline Drive (1999)
71 %
Reviews Counted: 17 Fresh: 12 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 6.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Synopsis:
Shinobu Yaguchi's film is a gigantic rush of adrenaline that takes the comic chase film to a whole new level. Suzuki (Masanobu Ando) is a reserved young man whose life is forever altered when he gets into a car accident with a gangster. After an explosion tears apart the mob's headquarters,... [More]
Shinobu Yaguchi's film is a gigantic rush of adrenaline that takes the comic chase film to a whole new level. Suzuki (Masanobu Ando) is a reserved young man whose life is forever altered when he gets into a car accident with a gangster. After an explosion tears apart the mob's headquarters, Suzuki and Nurse Shizuko (Hikari Ishida) find themselves on the run from the mob, carrying a large chunk of the gangsters' cash. And wouldn't you know it, the two appear to be falling in love as well. [Less]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Masanobu Ando, Hikari Ishida, Kirina Mano, Yu Tokui, Kazue Matsugae
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi
Screenwriter: Shinobu Yaguchi
Producer: Kiyoshi Mizokami
Composer: Seiichi Yamamoto
Screenwriter: Shinobu Yaguchi
Producer: Kiyoshi Mizokami
Composer: Seiichi Yamamoto
DVD Info
Release:
Feb 6, 2003
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Letterboxed - 1.85
Audio:
- Dolby Digital Mono - Japanese
Reviews
06/24/06 04:15 AM
The film's humor arises mostly out of the flouting of Japanese social codes which admittedly don't necessarily translate to belly laughs for American audiences. Some of the supporting roles are played broadly and the seemingly indomitable bad guy is one o
01/11/07 05:15 PM
A notable, tongue-in-cheek mélange of American action-film clichés, despite containing a baffling lack of most American action-film clichés.
05/30/03 08:11 AM


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