I'm on a Kitano Takeshi flood right now. Sono otoko, kyobo ni tsuki, or Violent Cop is a movie from 1989. Mr. Kitano had a serious accident in 1995. He reportedly was in the hospital for 1 month and had plastic surgery after.
Other reviewers have compared this movie to Dirty Harry. I can see the comparison in that both hate the bad guys and break the law to bring them down. However, Mr. Kitano, goes "postal" and doesn't usually have a really big gun to wave around. There really isn't any good explanation as to why he is so violent, but he shows a softer side around his sister, who hangs around with very seedy, mean people and has a drug problem. He is also very loyal to his friends, but he doesn't set a very good example for rookies.
Violent is well named, and brains and other innards get sprayed around. Lovers of this kind of violence rate the movie highly. I will give it 3/5 acorns.
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