It doesn’t deliver a knockout like some of Miike’s other films, but it still manages to beat all it has working against it into submission. One can only hope it manages to beat the odds again and find the audience it deserves.
The script by Hiroyoshi Koiwai doesn’t exactly hold together narratively or thematically, but there are Miike touches throughout “Lumberjack” that keep it entertaining, even if he's probably made a better movie while you’re reading this.
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The GuardianPeter Bradshaw
The GuardianPeter Bradshaw
Like so many Miike films, this is a firework display of strangeness, alienation and nihilism. It’s quite a spectacle.