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Andoromedia

Andoromedia (1998) Movie Poster
Japan  •    •  109m  •    •  Directed by: Takashi Miike.  •  Starring: Hiroko Shimabukuro, Eriko Imai, Takako Uehara, Hitoe Arakaki, Kenji Harada, Ryô Karato, Christopher Doyle, Tomorô Taguchi, Issa Hentona, Shinobu Miyara, Yukinari Tamaki, Ken Okumoto, Kensuke Toida..
       Mai and her friends have an inseparable bond since childhood. But as of late, their friendship is questioned when their romantic relationships get in the way of others. But before Mai can make amends, she is unfortunately killed in a traffic accident. Distraught with her death, Mai's father implements his ongoing research of recording a person's memory into a microchip. His years of work finally pay off and Mai is alive again--through a computer. But trouble soon brews when a large corporation sends some thugs to retrieve Mai and the technology by forcible means. But before they can get to Mai, her father luckily safe havens her into her former boyfriend's laptop. Now the chase is on for the laptop and Mai's boyfriend and former friends have to run to keep her safe.

Review:

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More than any other Miike movie, suspended disbelief is an absolute prerequisite for watching this Sci-Fi soap opera J-Pop video. Cuteness, chrome, and special FX ooze from the screen on every stage of the bubble-gum tale of "love conquers all" with the over-the-top melodramatic absurdity of a sakura tree blossoming in the middle of a beach. In the words of one of the characters in his ultimate JesusOedipus moment of surrender to his own fate: "This is ironic. At the very last moment I finally learn of that man's true motives." Ironically Miike's viewers can't say the same, which most likely, is his true motive.

Recommended only to fans of both Miike AND J-Pop.


Review by joro boro from the Internet Movie Database.