Danger After Dark (2002)

"[Moon] ...artistically very satisfying...impressive visual style  BeyondHollywood.com
"[Suicide] The film is at once utterly grotesque and uncommonly compelling.  Christopher Null, FilmCritic.com
"[2LDK] ...a successful experimental flick, with two good performances by the stars...  Vince Leo, Qwipster's Movie Reviews

Editor's Note This limited edition collector's box set contains three dark cult features from Japan. MOON CHILD: In the 21st century, a group of childhood friends navigate a violent criminal underworld in a fictional city in China. Sho, a member of a drug gang, develops a strong bond with his organization's newest member, Kei (Japanese pop star HYDE), a vampire. Over time, their love for the same woman drives a wedge between them. Director's Takahisa Zeze imbues his film with plenty of violence and gunplay to enhance the futuristic imagery. 2LDK: Anyone who's ever had a difficult roommate will relate to this outrageous and violent Japanese comedy. Small town girl Kimi and her glamorous, big city roommate, Lana, share a Tokyo apartment (2 bedrooms, living room, dining room, and kitchen, hence the abbreviation in the title). They already have their little disagreements, but when it comes to light that they are competing for the same movie role and the same man, their fights escalate from arguments to all-out power-tool battles! Taking place entirely within the confines of the apartment, 2LDK is short, thrilling ride for fans of offbeat cinema. SUICIDE CLUB: After 54 schoolgirls simultaneously jump in front of a train at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, the city is plagued with "suicide clubs"--groups of teens who get together in order to kill themselves. The police have little luck in deciphering the goings on, but they do keep finding a ribbon composed of bits of skin from all the previous suicides at the scene of each new death scene. They are also aided by a mysterious hacker who tallies the deaths on a bizarre website. But do the deaths have a connection to the all-girl pop group called Desert? This unusual Japanese film collects elements of the horror, satire, and crime genres for a one-of-a-kind cinematic brew.

	Akaji Maro
	Gackt Camui
	Hideo Sako
	Hideto Takarai
	Lee-Hom Wang
	Masatoshi Nagase
	Ryo Ishibashi
	Taro Yamamoto
	Shion Sono - Director
	Takahisa Zeze - Director
	Yukihiko Tsutsumi - Director

DVD Verdict 7 of 10
[Moon] Essentially, Moon Child is two films in one. The main film is a very typical John Woo inspired gangster action flick that has been tossed in a blender with the Interview with a Vampire inspired story of a creature of the night struggling to maintain good relationships with his potential food. In order to make the film extra cool, Director Takahisa Zeze (best known for making adult films) has tossed some dystopian sci-fi into the mixture as well...Unfortunately, none of these aspects of the film work as well as they should. - Joel Pearce

BeyondHollywood.com 9 of 10
[Suicide] Writer/director Shion Sono presents an impressive satire on the power of popular culture and its control over the mindset of a country. With the media telling us how to dress, what to watch, and what to think, why not have the media tell us to kill ourselves? Granted, it's an unlikely scenario, but for the purpose of "Suicide Club" it drives the point home. Think for yourself and be yourself, Sono seems to be saying, and not what television and magazines say. Truly a laudable message and certainly advice worth taking. - Joseph Savitski

Epinions.com 8 of 10
[2LDK] Despite being a black comedy, the film is unrepentantly violent. When Lana and Nozomi finally get down to business it demonstrates that men may be violent creatures, but we don't have a thing on the women. The violence starts out physical and soon escalates to involving knives, intentional electrocution, a chainsaw, and more. These two women beat the hell out of each other in some of the most brutal ways imaginable, yet the whole thing never loses its dark comedy tone. It's an impressive balancing act pulled off by both director Tsutsumi and actresses Eiko Koike and Naho Nonami. - Mike Bracken