My Rating: ★★★★

Brain Man (脳男) is an action, mystery, scifi film from Japan that was released on 9 February 2013.

About

In a small town in Japan, a series of seemingly random explosion cases occur. Ichiro Suzuki knowns as “Brain Man” is fingered as an accomplice. Midorikawa works on the explosion case.

Cast

Ikuta Toma (生田斗真) as Ichiro Suzuki
Matsuyuki Yasuko (松雪泰子) as Mariko Washiya

Review

This was a “who is right” and “who is wrong” type of drama, I won’t give anything away.

It was fairly violent, not too bad, and that usually turns me off a movie as I do prefer cute and cuddly. They probably could have made the movie without it but may not have been so intense as it was supposed to be.

I don’t think there was anything spectacular about the cinematography apart from the scenes showing “Brain Man” in his isolation and how they focus on his every move to make him a little scary or mysterious.

There were surprises throughout the movie, including at the end as well. I notice on Asian forums that many ask what the ending is like to determine whether it’s worth watching, this one won’t disappoint.

Summary

Worth watching but I did mark it down for the violence which is not my thing at all.