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Visitor Q
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List Price: $29.95
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Manufacturer: Tokyo Shock
Starring: Kenichi Endo, Shungiku Uchida, Kazushi Watanabe, Jun Mutô, Fujiko
Directed By: Takashi Miike
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781586553883
Format: Color
ISBN: 1586553887
Label: Tokyo Shock
Manufacturer: Tokyo Shock
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Tokyo Shock
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-11-26
Running Time: 84
Studio: Tokyo Shock
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not Impressed
Comment: I've been torturing my copy of Audition for years and finally decided to check out the "legendary" VisitorQ. Foreign, Artsy, Disturbing, etc? Fine. VistorQ? Garbage! A standard story hidden beneath shallow shock and awe that's preoccupied with hiding the films lack of depth. This movie did not disturb me. I've seen worse. I'm not trashing it because of the incest, milk, murder, necrophilia, etc. It's just not a good movie. Two stars instead of 1 because I can barely see what this movie was trying to do. It just fails horribly.
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Summary: One of Miike's best films. (It's not as sick as you think
Comment: I was rather hesitant about seeing visitor q at first. I was assured by so many people of how disturbing and nonsensical it was, but I decided on my own that I should see it(I am after all a huge Miike fan).
Now I can safely say that this movie was quite a pleasant surprise. Despite all the raving about how disgusting and twisted the movie was, I was not fazed at all by it. In fact, I think that this is one of Miike's funniest and most uplifting movies yet. The humor is dark ,yes, but if you've seen enough of Miike's work, then you will have no trouble finding the lighter side of this film. And if you can see the 'lighter side' of this film, then you can understand that it is far from nonsensical. It is deeply symbolic, and the violence and twisted situations are presented in such a way, that they CAN be laughed at. And I think that is what Miike was going for.
The bottom line is, that this is one of Miike's best pieces of work, high up on the list along with The Bird People in China and Ley Lines.
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Summary: Miike's best film, simply incredible
Comment: Yes, Audition is masterful, but in my opinion this is Miike's best work.
The less you know about this movie the better. Yes, its sick and twisted, but its also an incredibly heartwarming family film, and no, I'm not being sarcastic. The fact that Miike can make these two elements coexist and actually work is an accomplishment in itself. I've never seen a movie so funny and shocking as this.
If you can't handle dark or twisted humor, you will not like this. If you do have that sense of humor, you will absolutely love it and consider it one of your favorite movies of all time, as I do.
Customer Rating:
Summary: waste of time
Comment: This movie(if we can call it that)was the biggest waste of a disc that I have ever seen.Besides being disturbing and discusting the movie makes no sense what so ever.I think I would rather have a root canal or spend the night in a Turkish prison then have to suffer watching this piece of trash again.Dont waste your money or time with this one.
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Summary: So Disturbing You Have To Watch
Comment: Visitor Q is Takashi Miike's take on reality television. If you've never seen a Takashi Miike film, then prepare yourself to be shocked and to see things you've never seen in a movie before. Visitor Q focuses around the Yamazaki family. Kiyoshi, the father, used to be a television broadcaster and is trying to come up with ideas for a new reality television show. Keiko, the mother, is verbally and physically abused by her son. She and Kiyoshi pretty much allow it to happen, but her only rule is that her son doesn't mess up her face. Takuya, the son, is picked on by bullies even while he's at home. A visitor shows up at the house after hitting Kiyoshi over the head with a rock...twice. Their lives get even more screwed up as he shows up and it's all caught on camera.
If you watch this movie, you might as well know what you're getting yourself into. This movie not only contains "strong aberrant sexual and violent content, language and drug use" as stated by the MPAA when giving the movie an R rating, but it also contains incest, necrophilia, and just things that people will find disturbing in general. Like a woman lactating from her nipples and having it squirt all over the place. I'm just trying to give you fair warning just in case you're thinking about watching a movie that you won't be able to finish. It's not for everybody and just know that you're in for a wild ride.
That's not to say that the movie isn't enjoyable though. Even though it deals with a lot of disturbing material, there's some comedy in there. The fact that the visitor(he never really says what his name is) bashes people over the head with a rock just because he can is kind of hilarious. To tell the truth, it kept me watching because this family was so messed up. And the way Kiyoshi lost his broadcasting job will be remembered...forever.
Takashi Miike is known quite well in the horror community for pushing the envelope in movies like Ichi the Killer and Imprint, so horror fans know that if they know they're watching a movie done by Miike that they're going to see some material they won't see anywhere else. Casual movie fans may not be interested in shock value or movies that are this disturbing. Visitor Q not only pushes the envelope, it pays for postage and insurance as well.
The bottom line is that if you want to be grossed out or have a bunch of "what the @#$%?!" moments, rent Visitor Q or any Takashi Miike film for that matter.
Rating: 6/10
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