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Plot Summary
Calm office worker Anthony, son of an American father and a Japanese mother, lives in Tokyo with his wife Yuriko and their little son Tom. Since Anthony’s mother died of cancer, his scientist father has been overly fearful for their health and rigidly subjects Anthony and Tom to monthly physicals. Walking home, Tom is killed in a hit and run before Anthony’s eyes. Losing their boy pushes Yuriko over the edge and triggers violent emotions in Anthony, whose body begins to transform. Little by little, his cells turn into iron. When the driver who killed Tom reappears and Anthony learns the truth about his father’s past experiments on human guinea pigs and about his mother’s death, Anthony mutates into a mass of metal – a human weapon fuelled by an uncontrollable rage.
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Weird
I remember a movie called TETSOU The Iron Man from way back in the day and it was Japanese and was also the weirdest movie that I have ever seen. If this is some kind of modern day remake or re-do of that movie then I am sure the veiwer will be in for one major visual trip through madness. The old one never made much sense but it was still one of those that you couldn't take your eyes off of. If you are into weirdness just for the sake of being strange like I am then this is for you I'm sure..
INCREDIBLE
This is the most tripped-out movie I have ever seen. I now understand where the anime "FLCL" and "Dead Leaves" are coming from.
Understand the Director
Tsukamoto excels at visceral psychotic and epileptic visuals and storytelling. The speed at which the films progress are neurotic and either slow and quiet or far too quick and loud, but this was done intentionally.
For those that do not know Bullet Man is the third film in a trilogy the director started back in the 90's with Tetsuo: Iron Man. It was an incredible black and white film. Many of the visuals and effects could easily make someone with motion sickness a little ill while some of the content was fairly extreme. Drill bit sex anyone?
The second movie Tetus: Body Hammer built on the story that Iron Man produced and was a much better vision that the director was able to encompass. It was in color and provided more background into the story involving the characters from both movies.
Bullet Man ran on par with Body Hammer and tried to tell more of the story but really only accomplished about the same method in the tale, not really exploring a different evolution beyond the evolutions of human/ metal hybrids that Tsukamoto was trying to achieve.
It really belongs on the same footing as Cronenbergs flesh pieces such as Videodrome and Existenz but caters to a much more hypnotic and explosive dynamic.
For most people Bullet Man will be very confusing and for many more the trilogy itself might not make much sense without multiple viewings but this is a very distinct style that not everyone will be able to view.
Watch these movies with a huge grain of salt.
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