Dead or Alive 3

aka: Final
Japan 2002, 98 minutes
Dir. Takashi Miike
In Japanese with English subtitles
Rating: [R18]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Science Fiction, Action/Adventure

Feat. Sho Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi

Aroview: Imaginative, futuristic final entry in a remarkable action trilogy that this time presents its anti-heroic pair toughing it out in a dystopian Yokohama in 2346.

Admirably integrating the genre-twisting of the first with the role-playing, character-swapping of part two, this is essentially a sci-fi-action homage saved from 'sequelitis' by the characteristic dynamism of its incomparable director.