Crows ZERO

Crows ZERO 2

The story is set about 8 months after the first movie. Genji is close to graduation at Suzuran High School, but one last matter must be settled with a rival school.

Genji Shun Oguri still hasnt quite managed to unify badass haven Suzuran High School under one leader due to a decisive loss to the mysterious Linda Man.

Unfortunately his goal of local domination must be put on hold when a longstanding truce with rival high school Housen Gakuen is suddenly broken. Led by the ferocious Taiga Narumi Kaneko Nobuaki, Housen launches an allout assault on Suzuran, throwing the reigning toughest school in all of Japan into a state of crisis. nipponcinemaThe action is, accordingly, more realistic, right down to the gorylooking makeup and bonecrunching sound effects. Also, the group battle scenes, with hundreds of punks whaling on each other, have a scale and impact reminiscent of the gaudier clashes in Braveheart, though no one gets their head lopped off with a sword.

Miike directs with an energy, velocity and cheeky bravado that are pure punk. He also understands why his Suzuran toughs fight as easily as they breathe its not just a release for their raging hormones, but a way of being with their friends and telling the world they exist.

The TwitchFilm, by Andrew MackAnother reason why CZII is going to kick all sorts of ass? Japans got 11 year old girls like Namiki Ruri who can kill it on guitar and are on the soundtrack. Thanks to Jason Gray for the heads up on this!

A Nutshell Review, by Stefan SFans of Meisa Kuroki like ahem, myself may take some delight in having the idol appear in all but 3 different scenes, 2 of which are spent consoling Genji, and one performing on stage at the pub like what she did in the first film, though this time round its a rather tame and shortened version of Bad Girl those of you who have seen that music video, will know what I mean. But hey, at least Miike brought her back, so no complaints I guess.

Takashi Miike is a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker. He became one of the most talked about filmmakers in the international festival circuit after taking audiences on kinetically unhinged and frequently disturbing joyrides as Dead or Alive 2000 and Ichi the Killer 2001. He has directed over seventy theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. Miike turned out an exhausting 24 films including two television miniseries between 1999 and 2002, confirming his status as one of the busiest directors in world cinema.

While Crows: Edisode 0 was based on comic book Crows by Hiroshi Takahashi, the sequel inherited charachters from its spinoff Worst.

RIZE drummer Nobuaki Kaneko plays the leader of Housen Gakuen Narumi Taiga, an original character for the film. And Miura Haruma appears in the film as the firstyear Housen student Tatsuya Mito.