Jigoku de naze warui 2013

Critics score:
85 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Kyle Smith, New York Post: A Quentin Tarantino knockoff from Japan, "Why Don't You Play in Hell?" has some of the master's nutty energy but little of his cleverness. Read more

Steve Dollar, Wall Street Journal: A blood-soaked gang saga that builds to a madcap battle royal. Read more

Nick Schager, AV Club: From sudden zooms and abrupt freeze frames to lengthy tracking shots, slow-motion, and CG-enhanced fantasy interludes, Why Don't You Play In Hell? boasts an aesthetic insanity to match its uninhibited narrative. Read more

David Ehrlich, Film.com: Quite possibly mankind's greatest achievement. Read more

Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter: Irresistible trashy fun in a cross-genre free-for-all. Read more

Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: Goofball antics and a terrific, raucous finale can't make up for the essential slackness of its repetitive comedy and punk chest thumping. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: Sono is so pure of heart, so full of enthusiasm and insane imagination and unwavering loyalty to the movie gods, long after the rest of us have stopped believing, that I forgive him everything. Read more

Kara Nesvig, Minneapolis Star Tribune: It's a movie that feels perfectly at home in 2014, but wouldn't feel out of place in any other decade. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: Delivers adrenaline, chutzpah, and fake blood by the bucket-load, continually confounding audience expectations while offering up a twisted valentine to moviemaking in general and the disappearing medium of 35mm film in particular. Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: The film's blast of self-mocking overkill can be charming. Read more

Justin Chang, Variety: Sion Sono trawls sub-Tarantino B-movie-pastiche territory with this tedious, over-the-top gorefest. Read more