Ž©ŽEƒT[ƒNƒ‹: Suicide Club (Literal Meaning Suicide Circle)
Genre: Mystery
Cinetography by: Kazoto Satoh
Written and Directed by: Shion Sono
Starring: Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Yoko Kamen
Rating-9.5
Music-9.8
Graphics-N/A
Special Effects-4 (Just Camera Effects; this number does not reflect the scale of how I like the effects or not the other numbers do.)
If you thought the Ring and Fear.com was scary, then you have only tipped the iceberg in Japanese Horror. Yes, this is yet another file from the "Land of the Rising Sun", Suicide Club is specifically designed to rape our minds and skew the light we view things in.
Suicide Circle starts out with about 50 children standing in front of a Shinkansen (Bullet Train) the begin to hold each others hand and then they "take the plunge"on front of the Bullet Train, spraying blood in their wake. (Socially in Japan there they have one of the world's highest suicide rates and a large number of that is among the Japanese Youth.)
This then takes the auidence to the protagonist of the story, Kuroda, a Tokyo Detective and loving father who is distraughted about hearing about the 50 children simultaneiously committing suicide. He thus steps forth to attempt to cease the constant strain of suicides. However the wave of suicides still persists and all seems lost for the detective, but a mysterious chatter known as the Bat, decides to aide him in figuring out the Suicide circle. The Bat seems to fancy tracking the suicides on the net and she gives him a website that has been keeping track of all the suicide victims.
What else is thereto the movie? It would not be a secret if I told you everything. You will have to watch Suicide Circle to find out. My only hint is that the suicides strongly reflect Japanese culture and cooperation.My advice is like every other Mystery out there: pay sttention to everything. That is how you can figure out the mystery.
Two things will keep the audience on their seats: the audience uses the right camera angles at the most precise times. In mystery films this is actually an art that should be more honed in upon because movies like Scream lack this precious screenplay.
