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Tokyo Tribe

2014

Sion Sono

Ryôhei Suzuki, Young Dais, Nana Seino, Shunsuke Daitô ...

5.2

382

Musical. Action. Thriller Midnight Madness favourite Sion Sono (Why Don't You Play in Hell?, winner of the 2013 People's Choice Midnight Madness Award) ventures even further into uncharted cinematic territory with this yakuza-street gang-hip hop-musical epic.

	Author	Review
United States	Clarence Tsui The Hollywood Reporter	"In-your-face, over-the-top gangsta-rap tribute peters out over a thin, sentimental premise."	NEU
United States	John Anderson IndieWire	"A fish tank of frenetic action, a bubble of balletic belligerence."	POS
United States	Simon Abrams rogerebert.com	"[It] is bound to charm viewers—both the uninitiated and the diehard fans of director Sion Sono (...) You will have to roll with the film's giddily excessive style if you want to enjoy 'Tokyo Tribe' (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Mike Hale The New York Times	"What matters is Mr. Sono’s endless dexterity in moving masses (...) The biggest problem, though, is a screenplay by Mr. Sono that doesn’t provide much motivation for all the insults, battles and chases"	NEU
United Kingdom	Leslie Felperin The Guardian	"Amusingly tacky and offensive though it is, proceedings grow a bit monotonous, because all the tunes have pretty much the same beat and everything is pitched at the same hysterical, OTT level (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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