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Airbolt 
"teil mann, teil maschine"
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 Posted - 03/03/2014 : 19:53:16
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OK this was frustrating. As much as I want to see Matthew Fox stifle a fart for 90 minutes, I cant really recommend this movie.
Set in an overlooked period - the occupation of Japan - this ought to prove fascinating if played as a tense thriller. The key is that the allies wanted the Emperor in the War Crimes Trial at first then realised this would provoke a revolt. So they have to find a way to prove his "innocence".This falls to the fart-stifling Matthew Fox, playing a real life General.
Fox keeps flashing back to prewar innocence lead to a relaxed expression and an affair with a kawai Japanese teacher. She has to go back to a miyazaki homelife with her family.
So, the thriller is constantly interupted by the love story and neither really convinces. To totally flatten the pace, the Japanese characters act like Greek Choruses spouting a lot of the writers views.
There must be a great thriller set in occupation Japan.This is not it. |
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Emperor
