Dead or Alive - Final Movie Review

Starring: Sho Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi

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DEAD OR ALIVE : FINAL is a movie directed by Takashi Miike in 2002.

The setting is Yokohama, Japan in the year 2376. Dictator Woo controls the island and, obsessed by the last global war, has decided to force all the inhabitants to take a drug that prevents them to have children. Only a few people resist and live hidden in the country.

Ryo, a replicant who has survived the last war, takes a liking to the son of the leader of one of these rebellious groups and will help these people when Dictator Woo decides to exterminate them once for all.
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Plot

Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%

**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Repressive Society Yes
Repression: - controls your sex

Main Character
Identity: - robot, male
Age: - 20's-30's
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - is very quick
Hair color? - blonde
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - happy
Ethnicity/Nationality - Japanese
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - robot, male
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (man) short/standard wavy
Body type - muscular (man)
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - Japanese

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 20%
Hair color - white/grey
Hair style - (man) short/standard wavy
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity - Japanese
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physical condition - average physique
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
Earth setting: - medium future 22-24th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Big cities? Yes
Kind of city - Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Tone of movie - upbeat
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - society controls main character's sexuality
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - Japanese
Subtitles? - Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Modern rock/pop

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