Sonatine 1993

Critics score:
88 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Sleek, punchy and altogether captivating. Read more

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Stephen Holden, New York Times: Kitano's haunting elegy to the gangster way of life. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It shows how violent gangster movies need not be filled with stupid dialogue, nonstop action and gratuitous gore. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Eliminates the one virtue American action films can legitimately claim -- vitality -- and replaces it with fake- existential claptrap wrapped in an inept narrative. Read more

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