[11] Car parks rival
restaurants as favourite settings for mayhem in Oriental films, since they
provide much glass to smash and things to leap off, plus you have the
chance to drive round at high speed, something not permitted in most
takeaways. There's ample opportunity for such scenes here, as the title
characters are two car thieves, specialising in Porsches & Ferraris. They
get into, and out of, trouble with girls, the cops (Oshima is on their tail) and local
mobsters, but the fan is really hit when they steal a car packed with drugs
belonging to Nishiwaki. Needless to say, she's not a happy budgie when she finds out. Our heroes
strike a deal with Oshima, whose character hates Nishiwaki (the rumour is
that art mirrors real life - Oshima's "close personal relationship" [Ahem!]
with the director supposedly allowed her to boost her role and shrink
Nishiwaki's. The pair have been playing Bitch Wars ever since) and we're
ready for a megafight with chicken-, broom, fan- and scarf-fu. It's slick,
it's fast and it doesn't tax the brain in the slightest.
B
