Gun Woman (2014)

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

A brilliant doctor (Kairi Narita) on a quest for revenge buys a young woman (asami) and trains her to be the ultimate assassin, implanting gun parts in her body that she must later assemble and use to kill her target before she bleeds to death.Asami has really become an international star. She broke out in "Machine Girl" and has since appeared in "Zombie Ass" and "Gothic & Lolita Psycho". This may be her first title role, or at least her biggest title role.As others have pointed out, the wraparound story is the weakest part and seems to be a plot device to have the film be in English (a wise decision). Does it help move the story? Maybe a little, but it could have been completely removed without much hassle.Dread Central says, "A big part of this is the amazing score by Dean Harada. All synths and metal guitars." He may be best known for "Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf", which also happens to be directed by this film's Kurando Mitsutake. They are spot on. Love it or hate it, Harada just dominates this film.James Marsh says the movie "rises above its budgetary limitations in suitably sleazy style". This sums up the picture. While it does have those budget issues, and tends to be overly reliant on nude women to tantalize the audience, it will appeal to the fans of "Machine Girl" and "Tokyo Gore Police", and before long the quality is no longer an issue.

I understand the bad reviews.The movie is gritty, not glossy and high budget. Not everyone enjoys Quentin Tarantino style dialog and plot twists. There's more blood and mindless killing than a Hollywood blockbuster, and it's graphic. For most of the movie, Asami is either naked or has her slim Japanese breasts exposed. It's not erotic, even in her soft porn sex scenes. She's usually covered in dirt, mud or blood. I understand why many reviewers rated this below a 5. I gave it an 8. Every good movie needs a villain, and Gun Woman has one of the most despicable villains I've seen. I hated his face, his eyes, his insane smile. Like the protagonists, I wanted to see him dead. The Asami character is borrowed (stolen) from La Femme Nikita and the Bridget Fonda Americanized version, Point of No Return. This did not trouble me. Like Nikita, she's found broken, rehabilitated and trained. This was realistic and fun to watch, except when it got too bloody. The flowing blood was a metaphor for Life and Death, but I am squeamish and found it hard to watch. The ending is straight out of early M. Night Shyamalan movies. You just don't see it coming. This is not a character driven movie. The only character who changes is Gun Woman herself, and that isn't important to the movie. It tells a story of vengeance and redemption covering 3 generations. Unlike more highly rated features, it has a beginning, middle and end. "No Country For Old Men" won a Best Picture award and have an ending. If you are open-minded, can endure the blood letting and love a good vengeance movie with a surprise ending, Gun Woman is a different and rewarding experience.

I'm gonna have to spoil the plot a little in order to describe just how stupid this movie really is...Started out decent, with good music which sounded like a lo-fi version of the DRIVE soundtrack but then oh goodness... Just think about the plot for once and tell me it's not awful... A psychokiller who kills people very often, is also a necrophiliac BUT instead of having necro-sex his victims he has to go to a secret necrophilia club to sex corpses thereThen you have a guy who wants to kill mr psycho, and the best idea he can come up with is to snatch up a prostitute junkie, take her hostage and train her into a killing machine so that she can do the killing for him And how is she supposed to do the killing? By pretending to be a corpse of course at the necro-club But to kill someone one has to have a weapon right? So instead of putting up a small gun so called mouse gun or pocket-gun that could easily fit her vagina, he thinks it's wiser to take a big gun and take it apart and cut her up and shove the parts in there instead so she halfways bleeds to death before even getting close to the person she's gonna kill...Only recommended if naked women covered in blood is your cup of tea and you don't care about a plot making any senseBut even then I'd recommend SUSHI GIRL instead which wasn't that good either but manages to look like a masterpiece in comparison with this horse turd

OK so its your typical Japanese gore movie except with a good story and some really nice twists. Wasn't sure during the first half of the movie as it felt kinda slow but totally has a great 2nd half.Really enjoyed watching this and would rate it with other great movies like Machine Girl, Tokyo Gore Police, Versus, Robo Geisha, Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, Mutant Girls Squad, Helldriver, Gothic & Lolita Psycho, Battlefield Baseball, Meatball Machine etc.So if you enjoy these kind of movie, than this one is going to be a treat and would def make your fav list. Lots of nudity by just one girl but makes sense.This is just a good movie which I enjoyed watching, one does not need to point out all the loop holes or how there could have been other ways to get the job done stuff. Just enjoy.