Key of Life - Movie (my review)
Mar. 17th, 2016 09:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sunako_yueSakurai (Masato Sakai) is an aspiring actor who becomes frustrated with his life. Sakurai then decides to kill himself, but before committing suicide Sakurai heads off to a public bathhouse. At the bathhouse, Sakurai then witnesses a man named Kondo (Teruyuki Kagawa) collapse and lose his memory in front of Sakurai. On a sudden whim, Sakurai switches locker keys with Kondo and pretends to be Kondo. Sakurai soon finds himself in trouble with the yakuza ...
I may be one of the few people (according to all the reviews and articles I've read) that did not like this movie so much. I was expecting more: more laughs, more action, more silliness, etc. And well, look at the cast! Sakai-san, Kagawa-san, Hirosue-san (and oh, that super funny guy, Arakawa-san!). But all in all, the movie was slow and did not live up my expectations.
I really thought that Sakai Masato would play more like a tough yakuza, but he barely had to pretend. He barely had any dangerous adventure. Kagawa Teruyuki was really good, especially since he has the face of a mean yakuza but once he loses his memories, he is supposed to be a normal guy trying to find work in the entertainment business. I really wanted the story to be more focused on Sakai trying to pretend to be a tough guy, and Kagawa trying hard to be a nice guy.
The end was very funny and ridiculous, and in fact, that was the only time I've laughed. I wish the entire movie were as ridiculous and funny as that ending. Unfortunately, the movie was just normal. Very normal.
**My rating: 6/10**
I may be one of the few people (according to all the reviews and articles I've read) that did not like this movie so much. I was expecting more: more laughs, more action, more silliness, etc. And well, look at the cast! Sakai-san, Kagawa-san, Hirosue-san (and oh, that super funny guy, Arakawa-san!). But all in all, the movie was slow and did not live up my expectations.
I really thought that Sakai Masato would play more like a tough yakuza, but he barely had to pretend. He barely had any dangerous adventure. Kagawa Teruyuki was really good, especially since he has the face of a mean yakuza but once he loses his memories, he is supposed to be a normal guy trying to find work in the entertainment business. I really wanted the story to be more focused on Sakai trying to pretend to be a tough guy, and Kagawa trying hard to be a nice guy.
The end was very funny and ridiculous, and in fact, that was the only time I've laughed. I wish the entire movie were as ridiculous and funny as that ending. Unfortunately, the movie was just normal. Very normal.
**My rating: 6/10**
