Crows Zero II Movie Review Santa Barbara International Film Festival

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“It is difficult to make crows flock” is one of many stand out lines of Crows Zero II, a film currently playing at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

I was one of only a handful of people for the late night feature(my count was 7 people). Too bad for ANYONE who missed this film, oh don’t worry I am about to explain.

First off, they showed Crows Zero last year at the SBIFF and it turned out to be one of my favorite movies of the Film Festival. Have you ever played the video game Rival Schools? That’s basically the concept of these films. For those of you who are not hip to the 2-D fighters on various video game consoles Crows Zero is a take on High School Drama only with a serious beat’em up bloody fist twist. The main protagonist, Genji come to Suzuran High School and there are many gangs within the High School in a constant battle for control of the school. In the first Film Genji starts a new faction in Suzuran called the GPS and beats the top dude to a bloody pulp and is now the leader of all of Suzuran

The Second movie opens right where 1st movie ended. In a turn of events Genji accidentally disrupts the truce (that he had no idea about, he has been leader all of 5 minutes) with Hosen, a rival school and both schools are now at war. It’s up to Genji to unite all the gangs in Suzuran for the fight with Hosen.

This flick rocks. The second movie matures along with its characters creating a whole new mountain for Genji to climb and conquer. The action is brutal, bloody and will make you cringe. the film does a good job mixing up the drama and face melting action with just the right amount of comedic relief. And the biggest plus is the fucking fantastic soundtrack.

****Side Note- The movie is directed by Takashi Miike, he is one of my favorite directors of all time****

If you are in the SB area check out this movie on the big screen, all others find both these films and enjoy the blood!!!!

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