The Rug Cop (Zura Deka) (2006) Director - Minoru Kawasaki Reviewed by: Darren Cenerini The Minoru Kawasaki collection continues. Next up -The Rug Cop, which I'll be honest, I had the lowest hopes for of the three films. Detective films always amuse me because they're so ranged, being genuinely meaningful and deep (Suicide Circle) and sometimes they're so campy and far fetched that you can't help but smile. The Rug Cop though is a third category all in its own, and I can't quite accurately describe it. It's a trouble with identity, super hero rejects, Cop drama with yet again some musical numbers. I guess this is a trend in Kawasaki's films. So does Rug Cop work? Or is it as flat and cringe worthy as a really bad toupee....
- 11/21/2008
- 24framespersecond.net
The Rug Cop (Zura Deka) (2006) Director - Minoru Kawasaki Reviewed by: Darren Cenerini The Minoru Kawasaki collection continues. Next up -The Rug Cop, which I'll be honest, I had the lowest hopes for of the three films. Detective films always amuse me because they're so ranged, being genuinely meaningful and deep (Suicide Circle) and sometimes they're so campy and far fetched that you can't help but smile. The Rug Cop though is a third category all in its own, and I can't quite accurately describe it. It's a trouble with identity, super hero rejects, Cop drama with yet again some musical numbers. I guess this is a trend in Kawasaki's films. So does Rug Cop work? Or is it as flat and cringe worthy as a really bad toupee....
- 11/21/2008
- 24framespersecond.net
Minoru Kawasaki’s The Rug Cop (Zura Deka), which is now available on English-subtitled DVD from Synapse Films, is a seriously fun homage to Japanese cop shows from the 70s. Officer Genda (Fuyuki Moto) is a rebellious police man with a somber heart and a secret weapon: a flying toupee. Bounced from station to station by the upper brass, he ends up with a group of abnormal detectives with names such as as Shorty, Fatty, Big Dick, the Old Man, and Mr. Handsome. Genda, known as “Rug Cop,” leads the group in the investigation of a nuclear terrorist ring. As the team digs deeper into the criminal enterprise, Genda is forced to confront painful (and occasionally humorous) elements of his past.
- 11/15/2008
- by Rodney Perkins
- Screen Anarchy
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