Synopsis: The third in director Takashi Miike's (AUDITION, ICHI THE KILLER) Black Society Trilogy, which examines the effects of other far eastern countries on Japan, LEY LINES paints a dystopic, hostile picture of Japan and its inhabitants. Bored of their suburban existence, three young... The third in director Takashi Miike's (AUDITION, ICHI THE KILLER) Black Society Trilogy, which examines the effects of other far eastern countries on Japan, LEY LINES paints a dystopic, hostile picture of Japan and its inhabitants. Bored of their suburban existence, three young Chinese-born men journey to Tokyo and become enmeshed in a web of crime and violence from which none will emerge unscathed. After taking up drug pushing and getting robbed by a desperate prostitute, the three have a run-in with a Chinese warlord who sets out to kill them; after one of them is shot, the other two return to their village, where another is run down by a truck driver on a rampage. That leaves only one of the boys, who eventually joins forces with the prostitute, Anita, for a final face-off with Wu, the gang leader. A characteristically deft handling of graphic, stomach-churning violence and subtle characterization, LEY LINES is a nonlinear, chaotic tale over which Miike retains a masterful control throughout. [More]