All Night Long Collection

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Summary: Whoa....
Review: All 3 films are captivating in some bizarre way, but also genuinely disturbing. There's enough gore, violence, revenge and rape to satisfy anyone's purient interest, no matter what level it's at. They're also a little disjointed at times. Make sure you know your audience before showing these to anyone, especially the last one.

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Summary: haha nice
Review: All 3 movies are sick and twisted. Definatly awesome. The second one though is my favorite. So if you are in to disgusting meaningless murder, these movies are for you. If not...well walk away.

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Summary: Not worth it!
Review: Recently I developed a fascination for Japanese horror movies. Some of the Japanese movies are really frightening to watch, and leave a deep impact on your after watching it. Some of these movies include the Ringu(the Ring) series, Ju-on(made as `the Grudge' in English starring Sarah Michelle Gellar), and also The Eye series. After watching all of the movies mentioned previously, I thought I would give All Night Long (called `Ooru naito rongu' in Japanese) a try. Sadly, I was not pleased with this one.

The first of the trilogy revolves around 3 guys, who by coincidence, witness the murder of a woman by a psychotic man who randomly kills her on the street. Strangely enough, these 3 guys get together and become friends and decide to throw a party in order to forget the incident they were witnessed to. They decide to get dates for the party, but in the end, due to various incidents because of other people, fail in doing so. Due to these incidents, they decide to let their anger off and take revenge on these people.

The second story, called `Atrocity', starts off with a high school boy who is spends his summer vacation by chatting on the computer, and playing with a doll. He is bullied by a gang headed by a homosexual, who develops an interest for the boy. As the boy does not feel the same way about the leader, this leads to some disturbing consequences.

The third movie, named `Final Atrocity', is considerably the most graphic of all three. This time, the story consists of a young boy who works in a sleazy hotel, where customers bring in their partners to have sex with, and leave garbage lying around. The boy apparently likes collecting trash, and starts collecting those of a woman living near the hotel, who he is attracted to. He starts following her around and collecting everything that she throws, to the point where he even starts eating rubbish that she leaves behind.

Katsuya Matsumura, the director behind all three Nihilistic movies, tries to portray the disturbing image of human nature in all three of the movies, and succeeds to some extent. While the first movie was an average (I thought it would be really good considering they made so many sequels to it), the second and, especially the third, focus on too much graphic violence and abuse, which just stalls the storyline of the movie, not even progressing anywhere. The only high point of all these movies is the acting, which is considerably good, since you feel that the characters are at some point really insane. The eerie music also adds well to the background during some scenes. This is why I gave this a 2 star rating. The only reason I saw the whole series was because I was hoping that the next sequel would be better than its predecessor. After watching all the movies, you don't feel scared; instead you are left with a feeling of disgust and revulsion towards them. In the end, you wonder, what the point of the whole story was in the first place.

So, if you want to watch some really good Japanese horror, consider the ones I mentioned in the beginning of the review. However, if you like a lot of gore without any storyline, give `All Night Long' a try.