Meatball Machine
2005 · Movie · NR · 90 min · ★ 5.3 · 53% critics
Alien parasites invade Earth and latch onto people, reshaping bodies into bio-mechanical weapons and driving the infected into brutal, bloody battles. Amid the chaos, a fragile romance tries to take root, even as both would-be lovers are pulled deeper into the grotesque outbreak.
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Details
- Original title
- ミートボールマシン
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2006-09-23
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 53/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 (86 votes)
About
If you enjoy extreme, gooey body-horror with a weirdly sincere romantic thread and lots of mutant-on-mutant carnage, this delivers; Not for you if you want tight plotting or mild violence—try Gantz or Parasyte: Part 2 for related vibes.
Pros: outrageous body-horror mayhem; imaginative creature designs; earnest splatter fun | Cons: uneven story and pacing; crude, off-putting moments; ending feels drawn-out
Themes
- invasion
- alien
- remake
- cyberpunk
- parasite
- absurd
- dramatic
- whimsical
- cruel
- inflammatory
- mean spirited
- sarcastic
Cast & crew
Issey Takahashi
as Yôji
Aoba Kawai
as Sachiko
- KK
Kenichi Kawasaki
as Tanaka
Tarō Suwa
Shoichiro Masumoto
Ayano Yamamoto
Toru Tezuka
Takashi Naha
- SY
Shuya Yoshimoto
Directed by Yudai Yamaguchi, Jun'ichi Yamamoto