Takeshi Kitano's return to the yakuza genre is a cynical, bloody chess game of betrayals. Cold and efficient with sudden violence, it lacks the poetry of his earlier gangster work but is a sharp, nasty thriller.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

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IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (15,802 votes)
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