Machine Girl

I'd go see this:

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Didn't Quentin Tarantino already make this movie? "Planet Terror", one of the two movies of "Grindhouse".

Posted by Maynard Handley | February 23, 2008 3:16 PM

Didn't Quentin Tarantino already make this movie? "Planet Terror", one of the two movies of "Grindhouse".

Posted by Maynard Handley | February 23, 2008 3:16 PM

No, Maynard, Tarantino simply helped establish the genre of "Hot Female Amputees With Weapons On Their Stubs". This movie simply carries the honored genre forward.

Posted by El Cid | February 23, 2008 3:19 PM

Whoa! Me too. Looks like a more commercialized Tetsuo, kind of.

Don't sit too close to Den Beste at the theater!

Posted by hello | February 23, 2008 3:22 PM

Also, Tarantino didn't direct Planet Terror, it was Robert Rodriguez.

Posted by LittleMac | February 23, 2008 3:43 PM

Holy Moley, Captain Marvel, we never had to deal with this...this...gotta barf!

Posted by Jim Lawrence | February 23, 2008 3:46 PM

Looks like Charles Bronson on steroids.

Posted by SLC | February 23, 2008 3:48 PM

... and her sidekick Hello Kitty of Blood.

Posted by MattF | February 23, 2008 3:49 PM

Too reminiscent of the worst excesses of the French Revolution.

Posted by Rafael | February 23, 2008 3:50 PM

Looks like the unholy spawn of Tarantino, John Woo, and Carl Hiaasen.

Posted by ed | February 23, 2008 3:55 PM

This looks almost as good as Meatball Machine!

Posted by Chuck | February 23, 2008 4:05 PM

This one has Oscar written all over it!

Posted by Killjoy | February 23, 2008 4:08 PM

Too cool for school.

Posted by Joe Strummer | February 23, 2008 4:17 PM

If you want crazy revenge flicks without the corny factor, try Oldboy.

Posted by bubba | February 23, 2008 4:50 PM

I would go see this movie too.

Posted by Korha | February 23, 2008 4:52 PM

I would go see this movie too. Hilarious!

Posted by Korha | February 23, 2008 4:52 PM

This was on Boingboing about three months ago. You're falling behind on your internet memes, Matt.

Posted by samba00 | February 23, 2008 4:53 PM

This was on Boingboing about three months ago. You're falling behind on your internet memes, Matt.

The Zeitgeist is a cruel mistress.

Posted by MattF | February 23, 2008 4:56 PM

Given their incredibly high blood pressure, how is it these people don't just spontaneously explode?

Posted by JeffL | February 23, 2008 4:56 PM

I kinda love how the whole "transparent fear of nuclear weapons" subtext of Japanese cinema ended up being supplanted by "transparent fear of adolescents". I guess that would make Akira the inflection point.

Posted by Senescent | February 23, 2008 5:06 PM

I wish you had posted a "not appropriate for adult female viewers over 50 years of age who are squeamish" warning.

I don't think I'll be seeing it! I like most of your links, but I didn't need to see this one. :-)

Posted by Laurie A. | February 23, 2008 5:23 PM

I like how this post is classified under "Foreign Policy."

Posted by hum | February 23, 2008 5:31 PM

> Looks like Charles Bronson
> on steroids.

Not steroids - some sort of sex change drug. With anti-aging oxidants.

Cranky

Posted by Cranky Observer | February 23, 2008 5:34 PM

The tempura attachment is obviously the superior choice.

Posted by SAO | February 23, 2008 5:37 PM

Two words: Drill bra!

Posted by desdemona | February 23, 2008 10:52 PM

Not my sort of thing. Indeed, this sort of thing makes me pretty queezy...too close to what that VTech shooter wrote up in his plays. And I like movies with good historical violence. But why bring it close to everyday life?

Posted by Stefan | February 23, 2008 11:17 PM

A little A-Team editing + concepts from Robocop and Evil Dead 2 + martial arts = Awesome!

Posted by Benniefly2 | February 24, 2008 12:35 AM

The only reason Matt would see this is that it is about a girl killing a bunch of men with a drill bra. He sees some sort of "feminist critique of the Japanese patriarchy" in this -- or, at least, that is what he tells his girlfriend in an effort to score brownie points.

Am I right or am I right?

Posted by jim | February 24, 2008 9:40 AM

Ugh. No thanks. I gave up drink and drugs, so this one is out for me.
You know, I was assuming that 2 girls 1 cup thing was Japanese, but since I haven't actually seen it, it was things like this that made me think that -- Japan the only country more uptight than the USA, with proportionally more disgusting fetishes.

Posted by snorri_snorrlson | February 25, 2008 1:21 AM

One of those "so bad it's got to be brilliant" movies!

Nothing like schlock Asian martial arts movies!

I started watching Chinese kung-fu films back in the early 70's when the invasion first came in. They were better than this, but not in some cases. Actually, not in a lot of cases.

But the Japanese are the real masters of schlock. Their Sonny Chiba and other ninja/samurai schlock movies are the bomb. (Note: I'm not referring to classics like "Seven Samurai" or "Yojimbo" - the basis of Western classics like "The Magnificent Seven" or "Fistful of Dollars".)

But, today, there's no substitute for Summer Glau in "Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles"! Especially now that they're setting her up to "go bad"!

Nothing like a good girl gone bad!

Posted by Richard Steven Hack | February 25, 2008 4:24 AM

You should check out

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/teenage_hooker_became_killing_machine_in_daehakroh/

Saw it in 2002 at the Philly Film Festival.I have no idea where you'd find it though.

Posted by Jeremy Low | February 25, 2008 8:06 AM