this feeble attempt at veering your typically bland japanese horror movie more towards a creepy cult hit did not have the ammunition needed to keep the viewer involved throughout. translated to vortex and uzumaki is about just that an irrational and overabundant tribute to the strange downward spiral into nothingness that has seemingly captivated a whole small town into dementia obsessed lunatics. while this certainly makes for a pleasurable b movie on the surface and the traditionally tiresome acting and direction and and script will have all but asian horror buffs shaking their heads in dismay. what could have roughly translated into japanese equivalent of an early david lynch piece and instead wares out it spiraled gimmickry before it even has a chance to explain itself which of course it does not. aside from a few clever techniques employed and the movie rarely connects the dizzying thematics with the dull script and ultimately coming across as a cheap exploitation into the cult genre and substituting hollow imagery for genuine substance. when the movie had ended there was hardly anything that was gained from any of the interactions and save a tiny few scenes or images that rose above the one note film. i do applaud the makers for at least trying to take the genre into more supernatural and metaphysical realms and understand the rough losses lost in translation and but with zero substance to back any of it freakishness up this will likely be relegated to obscure fanboy bong ridden basements. 
this feeble attempt at veering your typically bland japanese horror movie more towards a creepy cult hit did not have the ammunition needed to keep the viewer involved throughout. translated to vortex and uzumaki is about just that an irrational and overabundant tribute to the strange downward spiral into nothingness that has seemingly captivated a whole small town into dementia obsessed lunatics. while this certainly makes for a pleasurable b movie on the surface and the traditionally tiresome acting and direction and and script will have all but asian horror buffs shaking their heads in dismay. what could have roughly translated into japanese equivalent of an early david lynch piece and instead wares out it spiraled gimmickry before it even has a chance to explain itself which of course it does not. aside from a few clever techniques employed and the movie rarely connects the dizzying thematics with the dull script and ultimately coming across as a cheap exploitation into the cult genre and substituting hollow imagery for genuine substance. when the movie had ended there was hardly anything that was gained from any of the interactions and save a tiny few scenes or images that rose above the one note film. i do applaud the makers for at least trying to take the genre into more supernatural and metaphysical realms and understand the rough losses lost in translation and but with zero substance to back any of it freakishness up this will likely be relegated to obscure fanboy bong ridden basements. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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