Tokyo Fist (1995)

Tokyo Fist: Directed by Shin’ya Tsukamoto. With Kaori Fujii, Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Kôji Tsukamoto, Naomasa Musaka. Suspecting that his childhood friend, a professional boxer, is having a love affair with his fiancée, a businessman starts training rigorously in order to take him down.

“I canu0026#39;t believe what other people are writing about this. DONu0026#39;T BELIVE THEM. I rented this movie, almost bought it, and wanted a refund. I guess I had false expectations. Fight Club was amazing to me and I wanted some more. Too bad the most exciting aspect to Tokyo Fist was the box art.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movieu0026#39;s interesting plot was a whole love triangle between a boxer, his friend, and the friendu0026#39;s wife. The friend/geek becomes a boxer to win his girl back. The wife turns from housewife to Freaky, Su0026amp;M psycho. Sounds great but nothing came together right for me. The movie is slow with the use of long shots throughout the film that just put me asleep. In terms of violence, it was pretty tame with cheesy effects. I like cheesy over-the-top violence but this was pretty sorry and sparse. I have seen better action scenes then this even on 80u0026#39;s American Action movies. If you are expecting action or a deep thought provoking experience, look for something else. People call it a masterpiece, but I am wondering if I rented the same movie that I did.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe only way you can truly judge this film is watching it yourself. Be prepared for a serious letdown.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI donu0026#39;t usually do this, but I felt the need to warn people about this much often overhyped movie.”