Anyone seen this one yet?

Ichi the Killer is the epitome of comic book hero movies. Spiderman, X-men, the Hulk, Batman, Superman, they all miss the boat. Ichi is it. Very innovative filmmaking. Very edgy. It's brutally honest and I do mean brutally. This is not a film for everyone. It's ultraviolent and offensive. It makes Kill Bill look like Teletubbies, but no doubt, Tarantino will be ripping scenes out of this film for future projects. While Americans are waking up to Kill Bill, Japan is years ahead with Ichi.

Again, I do not recommend this movie for the squeemish at all. In fact, I'm not sure I even liked it. But there were some priceless moments, a lot of stuff I've never seen on film before, and I'm not sure that I'm happy that I've seen it now. But I will say the film surprised me several times, which is really uncommon in these days of tired formulaic plots.