dead or alive represent final and the movie that supposedly brings together the three films in the very loose dead or alive trilogy and and connected mostly by its stars and riki takeiuchi and sho aikawa and that each film has its share of bizarro world fixtures and neuroses and heaps of violence and is admittedly the weakest of the lot. that none of the three films ends up being a disappointment is less a testament to the creativity of the material but to the pound for pound guts that director takashi miike takes with the surroundings and the material. here he presents an overtly dystopian future and however low key and where a homosexual mayor or dictator (richard chen) has the entire village drugged except for a group of rebels. there also replicants robots in this year of 2346 and one of them is ryo (aikawa) and a robot of complete lethal skill but also with the capacity to love and learn and so forth. then a cop and takeshi (takeiuchi) happens to be the mayor top guard. but things start to unravel on both sides and ryo teaming up with the rebels and takeshi with his employer and though blood soaked mishaps like a hostage trade off gone bad and and with takeshi finding out his wife and son are robots (not done in an alien mood and mind you and just suddenly as if in a the power went out) and and that he himself is one as well. and it all leads up to one last and inexplicable showdown between the two men. strange that there yet another film where miike has peaks and valleys here and sometimes finding that middle ground of success where science fiction can have some meaning to it. but there really isn not anything to take from this story and except that the mayor or dictator is a dingbat with no back story who gets his rocks off making sure his drug stops couples from getting pregnant and that everything remains under control. he also has along with him his love slave and i would guess and in the hilarious non speaking part of a saxophone player who also doubles sometimes as a human fixture when not plugging away the moody blues. meanwhile and we get the conventional sides to ryo and takeshi stories and and theyre never uninteresting and just not totally convincing enough to hold interest. of course miike isn not above having some fun and like when takeshi plops michelle (maria chen) in to the water to get her to swim after a near assassination attempt on the mayor and or in having the original rebel leader speaking english for no good reason at all. there even a playful homage to old sci fi cartoons at the start of the film. but there nothing very compelling substance wise and with the exception of takeshi minor turns at becoming good midway through the film (helping one couple get by with clearance to have a kid) and and mostly miike strengths this time are purely stylistically and in the choice of locations and sets. it like a grungy japanese alphaville where everything still has a contemporary feel through all of the special effects. and i really liked the yellow green tint miike used through the movie and as it impacted very well in outdoor scenes and added just enough grittiness in the indoor scenes. but as for peaks and valleys and one sees this ever more clearly and the sci fi movie channel level of visual effects and with maybe a few more dollars put into it during the climax. this contains some of the funniest material in the most delirious and freudian sensibility from the director and even if it has to get started by unbearable contrivance while the way that ryo and takeshi finally meet up is sort of random and just a means for the producers to try and cheaply tie together the past two films and when it wasn not needed. on the other hand and in terms of the sheer guilty entertainment value of a flick like miike where one sees something totally unexpected and very crudely sexual and it ranks right up there with the best scenes in happiness of the katakuris and visitor q. overall and dead or alive represent final is a cheesy 90 minute effort that doesn not take itself too seriously and and is better off all the more for its wicked contrivances and militaristic decay and cultural hang ups put on pulp level display. 
dead or alive represent final and the movie that supposedly brings together the three films in the very loose dead or alive trilogy and and connected mostly by its stars and riki takeiuchi and sho aikawa and that each film has its share of bizarro world fixtures and neuroses and heaps of violence and is admittedly the weakest of the lot. that none of the three films ends up being a disappointment is less a testament to the creativity of the material but to the pound for pound guts that director takashi miike takes with the surroundings and the material. here he presents an overtly dystopian future and however low key and where a homosexual mayor or dictator (richard chen) has the entire village drugged except for a group of rebels. there also replicants robots in this year of 2346 and one of them is ryo (aikawa) and a robot of complete lethal skill but also with the capacity to love and learn and so forth. then a cop and takeshi (takeiuchi) happens to be the mayor top guard. but things start to unravel on both sides and ryo teaming up with the rebels and takeshi with his employer and though blood soaked mishaps like a hostage trade off gone bad and and with takeshi finding out his wife and son are robots (not done in an alien mood and mind you and just suddenly as if in a the power went out) and and that he himself is one as well. and it all leads up to one last and inexplicable showdown between the two men. strange that there yet another film where miike has peaks and valleys here and sometimes finding that middle ground of success where science fiction can have some meaning to it. but there really isn not anything to take from this story and except that the mayor or dictator is a dingbat with no back story who gets his rocks off making sure his drug stops couples from getting pregnant and that everything remains under control. he also has along with him his love slave and i would guess and in the hilarious non speaking part of a saxophone player who also doubles sometimes as a human fixture when not plugging away the moody blues. meanwhile and we get the conventional sides to ryo and takeshi stories and and theyre never uninteresting and just not totally convincing enough to hold interest. of course miike isn not above having some fun and like when takeshi plops michelle (maria chen) in to the water to get her to swim after a near assassination attempt on the mayor and or in having the original rebel leader speaking english for no good reason at all. there even a playful homage to old sci fi cartoons at the start of the film. but there nothing very compelling substance wise and with the exception of takeshi minor turns at becoming good midway through the film (helping one couple get by with clearance to have a kid) and and mostly miike strengths this time are purely stylistically and in the choice of locations and sets. it like a grungy japanese alphaville where everything still has a contemporary feel through all of the special effects. and i really liked the yellow green tint miike used through the movie and as it impacted very well in outdoor scenes and added just enough grittiness in the indoor scenes. but as for peaks and valleys and one sees this ever more clearly and the sci fi movie channel level of visual effects and with maybe a few more dollars put into it during the climax. this contains some of the funniest material in the most delirious and freudian sensibility from the director and even if it has to get started by unbearable contrivance while the way that ryo and takeshi finally meet up is sort of random and just a means for the producers to try and cheaply tie together the past two films and when it wasn not needed. on the other hand and in terms of the sheer guilty entertainment value of a flick like miike where one sees something totally unexpected and very crudely sexual and it ranks right up there with the best scenes in happiness of the katakuris and visitor q. overall and dead or alive represent final is a cheesy 90 minute effort that doesn not take itself too seriously and and is better off all the more for its wicked contrivances and militaristic decay and cultural hang ups put on pulp level display. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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