Rû=garû

Japan • 2010 • 99m •

• Directed by: Junichi Fujisaku. • Starring: Kanae Oki, Hiromi Igarashi, Marina Inoue, Miyuki Sawashiro, Kana Uetake, Yutaka Aoyama, Kunihiro Kawamoto, Eriko Hirata, Tomomichi Nishimura, Haruo Satô, Manabu Sakamaki, Kiyoshi Katsunuma, Genki Yoshimoto..

A group of girls set out to solve a murder mystery in the tense future reality they inhabit. With a deadly virus having drastically reduced the worldwide human population, life is tough for Hazuki Makino and her friends. With little to eat beyond synthetic food manufactured from sunflower seeds and human contact discouraged by their elders, the girls are discontented with their life and eager for adventure. When a series of unexplained murders occur Hazuki and the rest of the group begin an amateur investigation that quickly leads them to question the values of their society.

Review:

I''m a large fan of good Anime, preferring the more 'adult' themed titles in general (NOT pornographic or fetish) and while this Anime did have an adult oriented theme running through it, it was mostly child based characters. This wasn't what detracted from the film though, it was the plot of a serial killer hunting girls that didn't have ANY cohesion to it whatsoever, a misleading title that means 'werewolf' in french but has nothing of the sort in the film and the most tenuous of connections to a 'lone wolf' that I've ever seen and characters that were boring bordering on inane. For example: the main 'boy' character's main feature was no character whatsoever... he was akin to an emotionless robot and the main 'girl' character... well she was annoying on multiple levels with he inability to communicate.. not that she couldn't, she has some kind of 'disorder' but the fact that over half of her utterances are just sighs, moans, 'ooohs' and 'ahhs' to the point that it almost seems like audio porn. Irritating and disgusting considering it's a 12 year old.

All in all, the story refused to explain itself throughout and ended with such an anti-climax I wanted to smash the screen in rage. Just because it's an adult oriented Anime with mature themes and pretty artwork does NOT make it any more palatable than an episode of Teletubbies!

Stay away from this one and save yourself an hour and a half of your time.

Review by viligeidiot from the Internet Movie Database.

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