TETSUO: THE BULLET MAN (2009)
Welcome to the barrel of the gun, and welcome back Tsukamoto fans. While the genre of the earlier Tetsuo films is perhaps debatable, one of their strengths is the way they feel so peculiar and unique. But with the second iteration (not counting Phantom of a Regular Size) some of that impenetrable exterior was lost. The original might have been part of a new wave of cyberpunk movies, leading to the so-called splatterpunk genre with the likes of Pinocchio 946, but the sequel added mainstream ideas about superhuman metamorphosis derived from family histories and triggered by anger. Which is unfortunately repeated here with more focus on conventional tropes and action. Does it at least blend the repulsive horror visuals with some slick battle sequences?
