Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)
Takashi Miike mates Sonatine with Sally Struthers and adds his trademark bursts of insanity to come up with this bit of theological Yakuza weirdness about two hitmen on the run who rekindle their childhood friendship while sprouting angel wings and saving up contract money to help vaccinate the children of the world (!). There's a brain-busting montage wherein a surreal children's play is intercut with a brutal gangland massacre, plus a nice touch at the end where Our Heroes realize that not all children grow up to be nice, plus a scene where a protractor is used to show how three bullets neatly separate a midget's head into six equal pieces. All this and Shinya Tsukamoto too! What it all means, I haven't the slightest... but it's pretty entertaining all the same.
Grade: B-
Takashi Miike mates Sonatine with Sally Struthers and adds his trademark bursts of insanity to come up with this bit of theological Yakuza weirdness about two hitmen on the run who rekindle their childhood friendship while sprouting angel wings and saving up contract money to help vaccinate the children of the world (!). There's a brain-busting montage wherein a surreal children's play is intercut with a brutal gangland massacre, plus a nice touch at the end where Our Heroes realize that not all children grow up to be nice, plus a scene where a protractor is used to show how three bullets neatly separate a midget's head into six equal pieces. All this and Shinya Tsukamoto too! What it all means, I haven't the slightest... but it's pretty entertaining all the same.
Grade: B-
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