Friday, October 1, 2010

Nightmare Detective 2 - Japan


          Director:  Shin'ya Tsukamoto
          Year:  2008
          Plot:  "Yukie and two of her girlfriends are being haunted by the ghost of a classmate, they once bullied. When the other two die under mysterious circumstances, Yukie sees only one chance for herself.  With the help of the Nightmare Detective she hopes to escape her hopeless situation."


          Having already shut off the first movie before finishing it, I had hoped that this one would be better.  It turned out that it was indeed better.  It wasn't great, but it was rather interesting.
          I had an issue with the two storylines and jumping around a lot.  In the movie you get the storyline of Yukie who like the plot says is being haunted in her dreams, and Kagenuma who keeps trying to learn about his mother by talking to his father.  I felt that all of the storyline about Kagenuma and his mother was a little unimportant.  I understand why it was there, but I really felt it could have been left out.  After all, the ending kind of ruined the movie for me.
          It would have been a much better movie if the ending with Kagenuma would have been left out.  I thought that the part where he saved the girl would have been a great ending, but then they went and added all the stuff with Kagenuma's dream and his mother, and it kind of ruined the touching scene just before.
          This one also got a few jumps out of me near the end.  In the first half though, there was no scares in it, but it was still interesting.


          Give this movie a try.  The storyline is interesting even if it has a few faults.


No comments:

Post a Comment