- Tokyo Gore Police
Infobox Film
name = Tokyo Gore Polce
director = Yoshihiro Nishimura
writer = Kengo Kaji
Sayako Nakoshi
Yoshihiro Nishimura
starring = Itsuji Itao
Camille LaBry
Shôko Nakahara
Sayako NakoshiEihi Shiina
cinematography = Shu G. Momose
runtime = 110 min.
country = Japan
imdb_id = 1183732"Tokyo Gore Police" is a
2008 action horror film . The film won Best Asian Film at theFant-Asia Film Festival [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183732/awards] . The film is scheduled to be screened at the 2008Toronto After Dark Film Festival [http://torontoafterdark.com/2008/films-announced] .Plot
The film is set in a near future
Japan . The Tokyo Police Force has been privatized to deal with the new threat of engineers. Engineers can grow weaponry out of any wound inflicted on them. The Tokyo Police Force trains a special group of officers called engineer hunters to deal with them.Critical Reception
The film has received mixed reviews from critics. Brian Chen reviewed Police with a score of 3.5/5. He comments, "It's not a horrible film; it's not a great film; it's just everything it tries to be -- perverse, grotesque, bizarre -- and a little more." [http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Tokyo-Gore-Police] .
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