Higanjima - Escape From Vampire Island [DVD]

So I've watched my fair share of vampire movies, asian horror flicks, manga and live action manga.Firstly, my initial thoughts (within the first few minutes) were - this is going to good. And it was an understatement, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.The plot was great, reminds me of battle royale, just with vampires. If you let yourself get into the movie, you'll end up seeing the more emotional aspect of this film, which is good.The only down point, is the CGI is somewhat poor at times, particularly on key scenes (like the gargolye - looks like resident evil 3 sorta).Still, i'd give the movie 9/10...really worth watching!

The heading on the cover of this blu ray states 'Live action manga' so that is a pretty good clue to what you should expect. Akira is a Japanese high school student who's older brother has been missing for two years after going off for the weekend with his girlfriend. We first see him at school being chased by a gang of teenage thugs who are out to give him a kicking and through the chase scene are cleverly introduced to his group of stereotypical high school friends. He is rescued by a mysterious young woman called Rei who hides him in a sleazy hotel. When he and his friends go looking for her they see her paying off the leader of the thugs then being assaulted by a tall stranger who drags her away. They follow them to a deserted warehouse where they see the stranger drinking the blood of a young woman but they in turn are seen and so begins their first encounter with a vampire who attacks them. Rei saves them then explains that Akira's brother is on an uncharted island that has been taken over by vampires and needs his help. After much soul searching the team accompany Rei to the island where the adventure really begins as they are first betrayed and captured by the vampires only to escape and become fugitives. As you would expect there is much over-acting, shouting and swordplay. The vampires can move about quite happily in daylight and apart from the fangs could be ordinary people. Akira, played by Hideo Ishiguro is not a sympathetic character and could be very irritating at times. Best performance is given by Koji Yamamoto as chief vampire Miyabi who steals every scene he is in. Not really worth having in the film was a big fight between the good guys and a massive CGI monster they called a gargoyle but wasn't. This film is worth having in your collection if you're a fan of manga or vampires but only really merits 7/10. There is a very good 45 minute 'making of' featurette which was fascinating for seeing how humble and dedicated the Japanese cast are. The blu ray print is excellent and the soundtrack noisy. It is presented in widescreen letterbox format with English subtitles over a Japanese dialogue.

good

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top man

Not worth the money, watched 10 minutes of it then donated it to the charity shop

Good

Firstly this is not a traditional vampire movie. The vampires happily move around in the daylight and don't need a stake through the heart to kill them. However the film is good fun and has some good and very bloody action scenes. Therefore I would recommend it and if there is a sequel then I will be sure to look out for it.

Kill vampey

I enjoyed this video very much.

This movie while admittedly having some plot holes is quite good. The plot is simple the characters are complex and more importantly this delivers on the horror element.

nice item explain exactly in detail that's why I give it 5 stars strongly recommendedbest work by FUNimation best day ever made

Not something I want to watch over and over, and the acting and plot could've been better. But you know, the idea of it wasn't too bad. A little more time working onn it and it could've been a hit. Came in good shape.