Cam’s Eye Review: TOKYO GORE POLICE (2008)
A young girl, Ruka (Eihi Shiina), is one of many witnesses to the assassination of her father (Keisuke Horibe), a traditional policeman rallying others against the privatization of a police force in Tokyo in the near future. At the same time, the assassination of the father’s killer leaves a young genetic scientist (Itsuji Itao) scarred. Both youngsters eventually grow up into becoming more than they realize in a land controlled by the now privatized Tokyo Police Corporation to protect the law-abiding innocent. But not all is as it seems within its walls. This movie is made from Tokyo Shock Cinema, owned by the American entertainment corporation, Media Blasters in New York. Tokyo Shock has been around since the late 50s and had seen many film productions over the decades. It came into its own style of “shock and awe” by being a live-action anime playground. But even the eponymous Media […]