Meatball Machine (2006)

This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Thanks for the memories!

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Directors and writers Yudai Yamaguchi who also wrote another classic flick versus 2000 and Jun'ichi Yamamoto have created a gem in Meatball Machine.Starring Issei Takahashi who was also in other classic flicks, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004.Also starring Aoba Kawai.I enjoyed the special effects.If you enjoyed this as much as I did then check out other classic alien creature flicks, Alien 1979, Aliens 1986, Alien: Resurrection 1997, Peacemaker 1990, Alien Raiders 2008, AVP: Alien vs. Predator 2004, Altered 2006, Avatar 2009, Bad Taste 1987, Battle Los Angeles 2011, The Blob 1988, Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977, Cloverfield 2008, Dark City 1998, The Day of the Triffids 1962, District 9 2009, Doom 2005, The Faculty 1998, Feast 2005, Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds 2008, The Hidden 1987, Dark Angel 1990, Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978, The Mist 2007, Night of the Creeps 1986, Phantoms 1998, Predator 1987, Predator 2 1990, Predators 2010, Progeny 1998, Signs 2002, Skyline 2010, Society 1989, Species III 2004, Splinter 2008, The Thing 1982, This Island Earth 1955, Dark Breed 1996, Dark Skies 2013, Honeymoon 2014, The Thing 2011, Super 8 2011 and War of the Worlds 1953.

For fans of Troma or the Cyberpunk genre mixed with a little blood shed then this film for you! There is a good amount of blood shed within the confines of this film, also the effects can be impressionable and awesome. The plot is ridiculous and refreshing, not being chained down to what we as audiences are expectant of from films these days.Also notable are the little aliens, who I found cute. All in all, it's a good film for fans of the genre. Also recommended are films such as Tetsuo:The Iron Man and Versus for that weird Japanese film approach, filled with wonderful obscurity and bloodshed. Of course, seeing this film you should already have knowledge of the two.

Wow baby, this is indeed some fine Asian horror/gore, and a crazy outlandish movie. This is a Japanese splatterfest that reminded me a little of Tetsuo, except in this case with all the blood and guts, there is a bizarre love story. It's hard to imagine how they even dreamed up this visually stunning movie, with some unique alien creatures that infect humans as parasites, turning them into part machine or I guess cyborgs. The only thing wrong with these creatures after they take over a human, is they need to kill each other and eat the other. hmmm, yum yum. This would probably be called industrial splatter or something like that, with a superb soundtrack to add to all the fun. The movie also borrows a little from Carpenter's "The Thing" in creature design and effects. I would put this in the must-have category for gorehounds, as there is non-stop carnage and some very fine gore. And a must-have for stoners, because you don't even need to read the sub-titles, the visual images alone are enough of a mind trip. The design of the little creatures that inhabit the human body like a fetus reminded me a little of Frank Henenlotter's movies, which is another homage to some excellent gore films with a sense of humour. "Meatball Machine" is great fun for gorehounds, there is no doubt about it, and I simply loved it.

Meatball Machine is an amazing splatter film, it has an original plot with young love, buckets of blood, and weird alien creatures that mutate people into freakish robotic war machines.Now the film isn't for everyone, people who love splatter films or the movie Tetsuo: the Iron Man will applaud it.The special effects can be cheesy at some points of the film, but your not exactly suppose to take the film very seriously.Yet, all in all it's a lot of fun, well if you find budding romantics infested with slimy tumor like gobbles who seek to destroy each other in bloody alien oozing battles.