Re:Born
Directed by Yûji Shimomura
Toshiro, a former special forces operative, now lives a quiet life in the Japanese countryside. Despite his seemingly peaceful existence, Toshiro struggles to contain the destructive impulses that once made him the top soldier in an elite unit of killers. When his former commanding officer, the enigmatic Phantom, comes out of the shadows seeking revenge, Toshiro goes on a kill-crazy rampage against a squad of ruthless assassins. A SHUDDER EXCLUSIVE.
A former special forces operative struggling to contain the destructive impulses of his past goes on a kill-crazy rampage against a squad of ruthless assassins.
Cast: Tak Sakaguchi, Yura Kondo, Takumi Saito, Hitomi Hasebe, Mariko Shinoda
Member Reviews
The main actor was pretty sweet. A couple of cool scenes. Mostly bad though.
Brutal Action
great action storyline a little fuzzy butoverall i give it a 3
Awesomeness, very good movie, loved every min of it!!!!
Wow! This was a cool as hell martial arts movie. Super cool, tight choreography with just enough plot to keep things moving and a lot of clever scenes. Reminds me strongly of Baki, Metal Gear Solid, and contemporary-modern-setting martial arts action movies like The Night Comes For Us or even John Wick. (It's much closer to the former, though - guns are frequently present in the hands of the goons but are not the focus compared to the hand-to-hand fights.) Not really horror, per se, unless you consider it horror in the same way as movies like The Raid or The Night Comes For Us, though Re:Born is not nearly as gory as either of those movies nor is it as story-focused as Oldboy. Highly recommended.