I have written about another film by this director before. Gozu was a strange movie with disgusting, disturbing, at times surrealist pictures. Compared with that story, this film starts quite realistically. A new teacher arrives at school. It seems to be my fate to see movies with the same plot situation at the same time (thus same as Monsieur Lazhar or Fack ju Göthe). Everybody loves this new teacher. The girls have a crush on him. But then strange things happen. The physics teacher finds out that at the former school of this teacher have been several strnge suicides. They were labelled as the Werther-Effect, thus copycat suicides.
Then the body of that teacher is found. He has chosen to take his life. Another boy is missing. In the end we find out that friendly Mister Hasumi is a sociopath killer. He ends to slaughter everybody in school. This slasher part is less successful than the first part and far too long for my liking. Hasumi is quite systematic and has a tally procedure for his shootings. It surprises me that he kills everybody with just one shotgun without reloading.
Twice Miike leaves the level realism when he lets the teacher talk to the shotgun. The gun is lacking more enthusiasm from the teacher's side.
The director tries to give the film greater depth by interweaving some references to Norse mythology, particularly Odin's ravens. Hasumi will then say that God ordered him to exterminate Evil. And a pupil will say that he is preparing his next "game", thus giving a reference to Haneke.
What is the point of this? Nothing. Those who want shooting will hate the first part, those who like character development and a good plot will hate the second part. I hated the second part.
4/10
Then the body of that teacher is found. He has chosen to take his life. Another boy is missing. In the end we find out that friendly Mister Hasumi is a sociopath killer. He ends to slaughter everybody in school. This slasher part is less successful than the first part and far too long for my liking. Hasumi is quite systematic and has a tally procedure for his shootings. It surprises me that he kills everybody with just one shotgun without reloading.
Twice Miike leaves the level realism when he lets the teacher talk to the shotgun. The gun is lacking more enthusiasm from the teacher's side.
The director tries to give the film greater depth by interweaving some references to Norse mythology, particularly Odin's ravens. Hasumi will then say that God ordered him to exterminate Evil. And a pupil will say that he is preparing his next "game", thus giving a reference to Haneke.
What is the point of this? Nothing. Those who want shooting will hate the first part, those who like character development and a good plot will hate the second part. I hated the second part.
4/10
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| Hasumi has an eye on everything |
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| Hasumi has also admireers |
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