Yakuza Apocalypse
Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: October 9, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
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Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The TelegraphRobbie CollinMay 24, 2015
The demented brilliance of Miike’s film lies in the director’s ability to craft ideas that are simultaneously sublime and ridiculous. Read full review
91
The PlaylistJessica KiangMay 24, 2015
It may be a hugely tacky, cartoony balloon pit of a film, but when every single element is dialled up to eleven and you can't go thirty seconds without another three-way face-off between OTT, OMG and WTF, it starts to achieve a maximalist artistry that almost feels avant-garde. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Read full review
80
Screen DailyLee MarshallMay 24, 2015
Often laugh-out-loud funny, even (or rather especially) as the silliness escalates in the final half hour, this is a cult cineaste’s treat which rampages gleefully through a china shop of genre conventions. Only killjoys who demand narrative coherence will fail to respond. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsOct 9, 2015
A very good film, but only if you're willing to inevitably submit to its anarchic sensibility. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyOct 8, 2015
His latest, the deranged and frequently funny Yakuza Apocalypse, is in many ways a return to both his early years in the wilds of V-Cinema — Japan’s direct-to-video industry — and to the kind of midnight-movie fodder that first made his reputation abroad, albeit done on a much larger scale and with fewer quirks of style. Read full review
70
Village VoiceNick SchagerOct 8, 2015
If you can get on its wacko wavelength, it's a uniquely crazed, compelling midnight-movie whatsit. Read full review
67
The Film StageEthan VestbyMay 17, 2016
Despite his prolific nature, Miike still consistently produces work unlike anything else on the festival circuit. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovOct 7, 2015
Yakuza Apocalypse is Miike at the top of his game, breaking cinematic rules at every chance while crafting seriously subversive cinema that defangs both the real-world Yakuza, the Japanese government, and, heaven help us, Sanrio, too. Knitting, I tell you! Knitting! Read full review
66
Paste MagazineScott WoldApr 3, 2018
Fans of the director will doubtlessly find his latest overly familiar, while the Miike-uninitiated will be left scratching their heads as to how chocolate and peanut butter don’t quite make the whole confection more delicious. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChuck BowenOct 5, 2015
The film doesn't add up to much, but it's a diverting tour of Takashi Miike's anything-goes, splatter-paint sensibility. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayOct 8, 2015
For those fans who don't mind enduring some tedium and confusion, Yakuza Apocalypse at least offers something memorably bizarre. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldOct 8, 2015
Mr. Miike’s narrative model is essentially the Kool-Aid commercials of the 1980s: Periodically, somebody new bursts into the room or onto the street, and a fight or something bizarre takes place. Read full review
50
Washington PostAlan ZilbermanOct 8, 2015
Miike sets up entire sections of Yakuza Apocalypse like an endurance test. If the film’s title and the promise of ear fluid are not deterrents, then maybe you’ll be able to appreciate the sheer energy and audacity of his unapologetic vision. Read full review
40
CineVueBen NicholsonSep 16, 2015
It's an undeniable hoot that plays very much to a specific audience but a word of warning: even those that are fans of this kind of ridiculous and farcical actioner might find themselves checking out of Yakuza Apocalypse before their stay is up. Again, with emphasis on the word 'might'. Read full review
40
The GuardianAndrew PulverMay 24, 2015
For all its berserk energy, you will need a very particular sense of humour not to lose patience with the prolific Takashi Miike’s latest. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyMay 24, 2015
For all its manic energy, there aren't enough recreational drugs in the world to make Yakuza Apocalypse anything but a bloody silly bore. Read full review
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