DEAD OR ALIVE

[A.M. Nornes]

The following synopsis left me scratching my head. I'm not sure it makes me
want to see it, but for those who have what is it about Dead or Alive that
demands the welcome break from synopsis convention?

Markus

DEAD OR ALIVE
Director: MIIKE Takashi; cast: AIKAWA Sho, TAKEUCHI Riki, OZAWA Hitoshi,
KOGA Mizuho, TERAJIMA Susumu, TAGUCHI Tomoro.  Released: Tokyo on
27/11/1999.  Festivals: Tokyo, Rotterdam, Fantasia, Helsinki, Vancouver,
Hamburg, London.

2000: Kabuki-cho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.  Noodles; knife throwing; sodomy;
noodles; cocaine; noodles; more cocaine; BANG!; noodles are back!; torture;
misogyny; afro; railway track; running; keep on running; macho posturing;
cops; yakuza; triads; warfare; shades; revenge; showdown; car crash; gun;
bigger gun; where's my arm?; rocket launcher; am I in the right movie?;
BOOM!; still running?