Visitor Q [2001]

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Customer reviews

review by: Black Bag Eddie date: 2008-06-19 rating:
Visitor Q Should Have Stayed At Home
This film is vacuous and pointless. It is odd, to be sure, but carries no merit. It's as though the makers of this film first made a list of sexual perversions and sundry forms of violence and self-abuse, and then filmed the list. It's nothing more than a fully illustrated catalogue featuring incest, drug addiction, rape, random violence and domestic abuse. There is no substance other than what you want to give it, which based on the bare material offered, is unlikely to have much to do with the film's depicted 'reality'. Everyone in it seems unhinged and disconnected from everyone else other than to exploit or abuse them, and nothing worthwhile is revealed about the motives of any of the cast. The direction is clinical, the action rather random, and although the film might be judged 'weird' or Lynchian, it ultimately, for me, was neither shocking or insightful, nor educational or entertaining. The acting was okay, though.

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review by: Jod Peeeeee date: 2008-03-02 rating:
twisted but i loved it
As soon as the subtitles "have you ever done it with your dad?" appeared on the screen, i did think for a second to turn it off. But i didnt and watch the whole film i was both disgusted and amazed. watching this film was definalty a strange experience for me. It was the first asian extreme movie i watched and what an excellent start, it was a brilliant example of how japanese directors do things. it fasinated me and its got me hooked on all asian extreme films. I cant stress enough though that this film is not for the faint hearted and its not any sort of blood and gore you have to worry about, the fact it starts with insest and finishes with necrophilia is enough to make anyones skin crawl. Not for everyone but i thought it was awsome!!!

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review by: date: 2008-02-01 rating:
Finally a REAL sick film!
I really honestly thought this film was brilliant. Brutally realistic; and that is what made it for me. Too many films try to be deranged but pull up short at the last minute; this film goes full whack, being plain sick yet being wonderfully understated whilst it does it. At first you are left rather confused as it progresses but then the ending is so sick and yet beautiful at the same time and everything makes sense. The way it makes you empathise with the various protagonists is masterful, plus it throws in some very funny moments (if you are a sick individual) at just the right times. Great acting I thought contrary to some reviews here, very opposite to the continual action that hollywood seems to churn out. I really am against the use of shocking scenes just to be shocking but I think Visitor Q is totally innocent of these charges, every issue it deals with is very sincere and well done. It takes Asia Extreme to a new... er... extreme.

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review by: date: 2007-09-28 rating:
Very poor, and worst of all, boring
Films shouldn't be boring. This one is proof that throwing every taboo you can think of up on screen makes them all passé, and i was yawning indifference well before the end. Just because it's foreign doesn't mean it's good. Also, a lot of TERRIBLE acting is probably going unmissed in foreign language films, since the actors' rhythms and delivery are totally alien. Don't assume these guys are great actors or that everything coming out of Asia is a masterpiece.

I'm an open-minded guy. But this film SUCKS. Attention-seeking tripe.


review by: date: 2007-07-18 rating:
Don't Believe The Hype
Don't bother...that is my genuine opinion. Previous reviewers say this film is only for the broadminded...rubbish...it's neither shocking nor new. The film, and in this I include the acting, story, direction and cinematic purpose, are run of the mill. There are too many undiscovered films out there that subvert and bring a sense of the new to film to waste your time with this exploitative effort.
If you do bother to watch it, ask yourself what the reviews would have been if it were an english language film.
Watch Man Bites Dog instead

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