stormruston I enjoyed this movie, but I had hoped for more.This is a straight forward story with lots of off the wall mini scenes/story's between the meat and potatoes of a very average revenge/gangster/drug tale.The action sequences are pretty good to very good, and the gore level is not too bad(keep in mind this is Japanese in taste and style) Teah just does not make for a charismatic lead, but the rest of the cast were extremely watchable.There is as always in these style of movies some light humour thrown it to lighten the violence.This movie was good, but just not that satisfying or mindblowing...I recommend if you know the style and like the director.

Mattias Petersson I have a troubled relationship to Takashi Miikes films. While i usually find them interesting i have a hard time really enjoying them. And while (or perhaps because) this is one of his less extreme movies i have the same problem here.When Takashi Miike is discussed people often mention his over-the-top, gore-filled movies with flashy visuals and plots that are usually quite hard to comprehend. Of course plot usually takes the back-seat and are not the reason why you would watch something by Miike to begin with. "The City of Lost Souls" however is a more conventional movie where the plot is easier to understand and the action is not as extreme. And the result is, perhaps not surprisingly, not very interesting in my opinion.This is the story about a Brazilian gangster and his girlfriend who try to leave Japan to start a new life. But things don't go as planned and before long they end up having both the Triads and the Yakuza on their tail after interfering with a drug deal.This movie does have some interesting scenes, it's far from all bad. But in the end this is not twisted enough for my tastes. And to me it feels like Miike doesn't really have the ideas or the script to make a more straight-forward movie out of this. Rather it feels like he should either have focused more on the plot here or tried twisting the whole style of the movie a couple of times. In the end this becomes a movie with a weak plot and not enough screwed-up moments to make it interesting. While it's not without entertainment value, it's still a disappointment. I rate it 4/10.

Brandy-28 The beginning of this film was pretty good. You got to see this guys nice ass and this tells you this is going to be a interesting movie.Then - ZZZZZZzzzzzzZZZZZZzzzzz - boring. Until we meet this Asian gentleman who seems to be in love with this girl Kei. The Asian man is beautiful and he never smiles during the entire film. But he has that kind of porcelain doll look.Then a lot of stupid stuff in the middle.Then the ending - the two killers kiss at the end (which I figured out in the middle of the film - no one can be together in that much violence and not turn to each other for comfort). Finally it's over.What did you think. Send me a email....

Pedro-37 "City of Lost Souls" is far away from being the best Miike outing I've seen - but it entertained me a lot. Plot- and style-wise, it's closest to "Fudoh" (still my favorite Miike-film) and "Dead or Alive" but it lacks "Fudohs" determination, eye candy and subversiveness as well as the surrealism of both "Fudoh" and "DOA".The best things about "City of Lost Souls": The multi-culture cast, the cockfights (have to be seen to be believed), the hysteric violence, the style. For those who have seen Miike's "Audition" and now want to see more of this inventive director, "City of Lost Souls" would come as a surprise because many of Miike's movies are much faster and (if you want to call it that) emptier than "Audition". They're just plain fun. So is "City of Lost Souls".Rating: 7/10