The one thing that saves this movie for me is the ending scene, I'm not gonna spoil it but by god is it the most silly and campy thing ever- I love it! And honestly I wish there were more moments like that during the film. This could've all been done in less than what the movie's runtime is, with some good editing this could be a great sequel even! Instead we get a prolonged kidnapping heist sort of movie, somehow the Chinese mafia is involved and a new overdramatic baddie is at the helm of the drama with some added twists along the way. we don't really get that which sucks- this is probably done in a much better way in the manga.

I honestly thought that this movie was going to delve deeper into Reiji's and Papillon's relationship and how they're going to take down the big Yakuza cartels but no. I haven't read the manga before this so I don't know how the story goes or how the plot is developed but somehow Takashi Miike makes it feel like you're watching two movies at the same time, when the first major plot point ends at the first hour or so you kind of feel exhausted because there's a whole hour left for another plot point to get resolved- this is done very haphazardly which honestly doesn't let any characters develop in a meaningful way and the strongest actors/characters don't get their time to shine. Same goes for the movie length which I think also lies in the difficulty of adapting manga or anime into a live action movie.

This was done a bit better in the first movie so I don't get why he decided to double down on these moments. I actually liked the first movie, it was campy, fun, crazy and had a plot that you could follow more or less- the second one doubles down on some of the campiness but not on the elements that it's actually doing well.įor example, I can't fathom how the director Takashi Miike finds a good enough reason to prolong and keep an awkward sex scene that doesn't even service the plot, same goes for some really gross-out moments that are totally uncalled for. You can kind of hear the confusion on me because oh my god I just can't believe what I just watched. Reviewed by danielatala8 5 / 10 The Mole Song Continues- a crazy convoluted mess!?

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