"The One Armed Swordsman is considered a classic of the genre, an important Chinese cultural touchstone, and if you don’t take it too seriously, it’s a good deal of fun."
To say that I was excited to finally witness a film by the director of Tetsuo the Iron Man and Tokyo Fist on the big screen is an understatement, and Shinya Tsukamoto didn’t dissapoint.
Say your prayers and get set to witness the cinematic equivalent of a rifle barrel digging into your temple. The Backwoods is the stunning feature debut from Spanish director Koldo Serra.
"The One Armed Swordsman is considered a classic of the genre, an important Chinese cultural touchstone, and if you don’t take it too seriously, it’s a good deal of fun."
Rising from the Louisiana bayou is Hatchet, a film that not only resurrects it’s hard-to-love central character, but also the spectre of one very bad 80’s idea...