Genkai Jinkô Keisû |
Japan • 1995 • 54m •
   • Directed by: Yoshihiro Nishimura. • Starring: Kisei Ishizuka, Jun Sasaki, Chikako Tone, Tomoko Haseyama, Ikuko Uemura, Shinji Kida, Kensuke Suzuki, Satoru Ôtani, Osamu Mizukami, Akira Ishida, Akira Kobayashi, Sachiko Kitahara, Eriko Ishida. • Music by: Osamu Mizukami.   A wave of killings have started to spread across Tokyo -' something that the television news programs laud as an excellent approach to population control. In amongst reports of overpopulation, a salaryman begins to receive messages both from television and a marauding maniac encouraging him to take matters into his own hands...
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Review:
The story is about a man who becomes infected by the Engineer and slowly mutates. The chase scenes between the man and the Engineer are very reminiscent of Tsukamoto's TETSUO: THE IRON MAN, in my opinion. Once infected, the Engineer's victims go on relentless murder sprees (there is a hilarious nod to DEATH RACE 2000 in a scene of vehicular homicide) and it is made quite clear that this is seen as the only way to get the exploding population (the world's in general and Japan's in particular) back under control.
In short, ANATOMIA EXTINCTION is sort of set in the same creative universe as TOKYO GORE POLICE but ANATOMIA EXTINCTION and TOKYO GORE POLICE tell totally different stories.
Nishimura showed plenty of talent with this early short film and in retrospect it is both surprising and a bit sad that it took so long for him to be recognized and given more chances to work. ANATOMIA EXTINCTION is definitely something fans should seek out to discover where Nishimura started from.
Review by Wetbones from the Internet Movie Database.
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