![]() When he talks about his past to the guy tied up, he's just so good, it's like he brings himself to tears by himself. On the other hand, Tony Todd's(Candyman) was impressive and he just emanated quiet foreboding menace. Most people praised Mark Hamill's acting (Luke Skywalker), but I found him an annoying, affected gay caricature, until later on where he channelled his inner Joker and became more sinister. I enjoyed the different personalities of the 5 main characters and their more or less revealed pasts. Praise to the person who did one particular makeup involving a face. The torture scenes seemed particularly brutal and effective to me, and I consider myself a jaded viewer. The way it was filmed and edited didn't make it feel boring or like a play either. This closed room dramatic suspense was offset by flashbacks to a heist gone wrong 6 years ago. It didn't feel claustrophobic, but it was conducive to tension. I found the movie engrossing despite its limited setting. Of course, not all of them are there by choice, so secrets and double crosses are to be expected. You have a handful of criminals talking and eating sushi placed all over a beautiful naked woman in the back room of an abandoned Asian restaurant. It's what I would call a high-concept movie on a silly premise. Just be warned that there is some torture scenes that can be quite graphic to watch for those faint of heart. I can highly recommend "Sushi Girl" if you want to be entertained for about an hour and a half. "Sushi Girl" is a heist movie gone bad, and it was great from the very beginning to the very end - despite it being a single shot movie (in the terms that you watch it once and never again). Of these latter three, Michael Biehn's role was just off the rails, it was awesome. ![]() And for the cameo appearances you have Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn and Danny Trejo. Noah Hathaway and Andy Mackenzie also did really great jobs. But also hats off to Tony Todd for his usual gloomy, charismatic performance. And seeing him in this particular pseudo-psychotic role was just brilliant. Personally, it was great for me to see Mark Hamill in this role, after having seen him flunk out with the last couple of recent movies. All together a very good ensemble of actors on the billing list. The main cast was really nice and they did good jobs with their given roles, and there were some great appearances in the movie as cameos as well. Now what really surprised me was the people they had assembled for the cast. So if you enjoy blood and torture, stick around for the movie. The story is a tale of revenge and betrayal, where the audience is left in the dark trying to grasp out what is going on, and the movie tends to take turns here and there, and those turn are for a better twist and a more gory twist. That being said, I am not saying that "Sushi Girl" is a bad movie, far from it. However, I will point out that albeit the story is compelling and the movie is interesting, this is the type of movie that you watch once and never again because it just doesn't have enough to offer for a second watching. The movie turned out to be a really interesting movie with a very well-told story. But still, I decided to give it a go, and I am glad that I did, because this movie took me by surprise. Well, appearances can be deceiving and I must say that I initially didn't have much expectations to this movie given the poster and DVD cover for this movie.
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