Kodoku: Meatball Machine

Japanese gore movies are all terribly stupid, overly brutal, crazy, and hectoliters of blood are sprayed in them daily. But even in this special distinctive genre, there is a thin line between annoyance and entertainment. Entertainment grows with the ingenuity and ability of the creators not to take the film seriously and make it ironic, but Meatball Machine Kodoku not only recycles what has often been seen elsewhere, but the first half also consists of an overly civil drama about a debt collector drowning in financial trouble, and his cautious romance with a younger book saleswoman, which doesn't fit well with the idea of aliens turning humans into bloodthirsty mutants (and then juice). All that remains is the original craziness, but this is spoiled by purely amateur editing, an inappropriately chosen musical accompaniment, horrible digital tricks and a generally lousy filmmaking, despite the fact that the story doesn't even really make any basic sense. Did the same person really film Tokyo Gore Police? (11.07.2017)

Meatball Machine Kodoku is a Japanese production that is mainly aimed at those who like similar movies. However, it may not suit even them because it is quite unbalanced, at least in terms of the special effects. However, I think that the movie's producer let his imagination run away with him, and some scenes would have been easier to do with CGI. However, even the CGI could have been more convincing. In this case, it affected the movie rather detrimentally. (11.11.2019)