How do folks, we are back with Day 3 of
Hodgepodge Sci-Fi and we have not touched base on any Japanese sci-fi
or horror so why not combine that? From the bizarre, warped mind of
director/writer Noboru Iguchi (The Canal, Hard Porno,
Dark Habits, Body Heat, The Machine Girl, RoboGeisha and The ABCs of
Death) which is primarily Japanese Adult Video has branched
out in horror and gore films. Not sure if that is a good place to
start but at least he knows blocking on a painted ass bobbling up and
down so he has that going for him. This is Mutant Girls Squad.
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| Clearly the cute geeky girl needs mocking. |
Our story follows bullied awkward girl
Rin (Yumi Sugimoto of Engine Squadron Go-onger, Buzzer Beat,
Sheiken Baby!: Shakespeare Syndrome, Pirate Squardron Gokaiger, We're
a Bounty Hunter Team and Black Suit Story) constantly
pummeled and threatened because she seems different. She starts
feeling a severe pain in her hand. Her parents bolstering her
confidence explains she hails from an ancient clan known as Hiruko (a
clan of gifted mutants with superpowers) that chose to fight for
what is right and pure. No sooner has this bomb being dropped, her
house gets raided by a cadre of soldiers riddling her parents with
bullets as she narrowly escapes with her life.
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| Killer Migraine Wave!! |
Chased by civilians as she has been
outed, Rin manifested a clawed and chitinous armored hand and is
defending herself from blade wielding and gun totting villagers.
They were only missing pitchforks and torches. Rin meets with Rei
(Yuko Takayama of Twin Spica: Odyssey to Space, Rescue Wings,
Travelers, Kamen Rider Wizard in Magic Land and Kamen Rider Wizard)
takes her away to train with her powers with this rag-tag ban of
rebels that have been persecuted and hounded and they are fed up with
in demanding revenge against the human race. With everything
spinning out of control, Rin is torn between defending the innocent
humans rather than slaughtering them or subjugating them to her will
and feels the path of the warrior versus monster seems to be the
focal point of the movie. Will humanity suffer for a few idiots?
Will the Hiruko rise above petty behavior or revel in the madness?
Okay now the true grit of the film.
This is extremely bloody as well as silly. I think it is supposed to
be dark humor as the villagers pick up weapons and try to end Rin
some of the sequences were clever but not needed on the level of
blood gags worthy of Dead Alive. Mind you, most of gags is not to
the parallel that most modern horror movies so it looks a trifle
cheesy. Peter Jackson's stomach may have flip-flopped in some scenes
but the common element follows a shoestring budget. The term is Sushi Typhoon shows an amalgam of insanity, violence and goofy story telling.
Again the
English translation may have lost some critical details but honestly
I cannot imagine it of the same height of a critically acclaimed
science fiction. So if you need mindless violence, young girls in
schoolgirl uniforms and buckets of blood, then look no further.
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| Rin lives the dream of becoming a proctologist. |
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