Country 4: Japan
Film: Impossibility Defense
Director: Shiraishi Koji
Rating: 9/10 [4.5/5]
I'm not too big on crime like films, especially when it comes from the 'adapted from a manga' tag. I usually find that directors do too much or too little during crimes, or there's too many sub-plots they try to do, but all in all... This was pretty solid.
It was dark, creepy, there was enough there to make your own guesses, and the acting was all stellar. There wasn't really anything I didn't like about this besides I thought some scenes were just a bit too much or needed some better explaining, but other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed this.
Matsuzaka Tori's portrayal of The Man in the Black Suit was absolutely stunning and I will for sure be going on to read the manga this was adapted from from his performance alone.
Sawajiri Erika's performance is the reason 'strong female lead' was created and I adored both these mains in their roles.
I cannot wait to read more of this universe and I am wholly excited for the future of discovering more about the world shown to us in Impossibility Defense.
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The female detective doesn't exactly seem that close to her junior played by Mackenyu there was no chemistry between them so when one character is put in jeopardy and the other is supposed to react you don't feel their dilemma or any sense of loss. And the female lead in general comes across as cold and doesn't express love that well and the lack of bonding scenes naturally didn't help.
Pretty much every relationship they show feels shallow, which would be fine, if they weren't trying to make the cops look like regular 'good' people. The female cop especially, gives me nothing to connect with her and when she's shown connected to others that's not believable either.
So that is one major flaw. But Tori did such a great job and the nuance of the script and direction other than the relationships were pretty good.
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WTF was that?
I have a new synonym for "Complete Waste of Time" ==> Funouhan aka Impossibility Defense or as I'd rather call it "Impossible Crime" which is the literal translation of the title and makes much more sense. It's been years I haven't watched something so terrible or random or... I don't even know what to say... Just that I'm flabbergasted that I've sat through this whole ordeal with the hope that this would lead somewhere...Anywhere.
I'm PISSED because I usually only manage to have a bit less than 2 hours to watch anything per day (basically when I'm eating) and today's treat has been wasted on this dumpster fire.
Watched it on Viki where the Ratings is incredibly low for the platform (8.4) but I naively thought that since most viewers on Viki are women... they tend to lean more towards romance and crime/thrillers usually have less audience which might explain the ratings.
Haha. My Bad. I should have checked the comment section.
I think the best comment I read for this movie is from:
@KuroSteve "I guess most of the actors were young and needed the money ... –_–"
Will I ever bother to watch the prequel ( not available on Viki for now): NO
Will I ever bother to read the manga: NOPE
Terrible as a stand-alone and even worse as something supposed to make you interested in the original manga.
To you, poor naive soul who has gotten lost on MDL and want to find a good Japanese thriller... This is NOT the one. Do yourself a service and find something else.
If you're still curious, well, at least I've done my duty. You've been warned.
If I could rate this show below 0, that would be a minus 10.
PS: Yeah I know the suggested rating is higher... but no way in hell am I giving this more than 1.
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The story was good as well, with enough thrill and the violence was handled nicely as well. Plus, the whole atmosphere of the movie was dark and mysterious. However, the story was complecated at some scenes and the final ending didn't really give insight on the main character. Maybe if I had watched the drama, I would have gotten a better perspective on the characters, however I have only watched this movie and thus, on that department, I was let down.
So, five out of ten.
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Good
This is quite an interesting movie. The plot was quite unique which I have never seen before. The idea that one person can manipulate another person like this was really exciting to see.Several cases are presented and I must say that I was even surprised at some of them. The actors did a solid job, even if some overacted a bit. I really liked Matsuzaka Tori. He really did a great job portraying his character and I really enjoyed his character. He was actually the best thing in this movie. The other characters were not as interesting to me. I wanted to know more about Matsuzaka Tori character. I also liked the ending.
Overall, I can say that the movie is worth watching.
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Tori Matsuzaka is mesmerizing
Tori Matsuzaka was the perfect choice for this role! After watching this movie I can't imagine anyone else playing the character. To tell you the truth, he is the only reason to watch this. The perfect, gorgeous, psychotic killer with the mesmerizing eye and devilish grin!The FL was ok, at least she didn't turn into a damsel in distress. For some reason Mackenyu was in this even though his character was almost non-existent. The rest of the characters were pretty much Japanese crime movie 101.
I would love to see the story fleshed out more. Who is this captivating ML and how did he get his powers? Turn this into a series and watch the cat and mouse games continue!
Another movie to watch after turning your brain off. Don't worry too much about a deep story line and don't expect any life lessons from this. Just enjoy the ride. And the eye candy.
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Pas trop mal
J'ai moins apprécié que la série ; j'en attendais plus au sujet du personnage aux yeux rouges, mais on n'apprends rien de plus sur son origine, sur le pourquoi il fait ça, etc...Ce n'est pas le même réalisateur que pour la série. Dans la série, ils se focalisent plus sur les histoires des gens que sur l'enquête ; ici, c'est l'inverse. Je trouve que le film est assez lent, c'est mou, il manque les acolytes en blancs, et au final, on reste sur sa fin.
Je n'ai plus qu'à lire le manga ; j'espère en apprendre un peu plus sur ce fameux personnage mystérieux.
Sinon, les acteurs sont bon, la musique aussi, et l'histoire également.
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