RoboGeisha (2010)

- written April 29th, 2011

Summary: Yoshie, the younger and ill-treated sister of a renowned Geisha, is discovered to have natural strength and fighting ability. She's recruited into an army of Geisha assassins by the rich and powerful owner of a steel-works, Kageno. During training parts of their bodies are altered into weaponry directly linked to their brains. Yoshie soon realizes that Kageno’s real plan is to have his robotic castle throw a new and very powerful nuclear bomb into the centre of Fuji-san, effectively destroying Japan entirely. With the help of other 'Kageno defectors', she sets out to stop him and his Tengu warriors.           Overall: It’s a really weird film that works for the most part…until the really bad CGI near the end. This is not a good film neither for a cohesive story nor for a good entertainment experience. The effects are downright really bad at times and for a Japanese film, that quality shocked me. They’re normally much better than that. The film comes off as basically female warriors doing a master’s bidding ala some “Batman” episode. Skip it!           Comparison: A Clockwork Orange meets Memoirs of a Geisha

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