I like weird and offbeat films. And, some of the weirdest and most enjoyable have been some of the Japanese films, such as "Happiness of the Katakuris" and "Zebraman". However, sometimes films are just plain weird and don't seem to have much to them apart from their strangeness. Such is the case with a Japanese film, "Party 7". It's certainly quirky and strange...but it also left me feeling unsatisfied.
The film is about a room in a hotel in the middle of no where. Into one room in the hotel come some very odd guests--a thief, his old girlfriend, her new and super-nerdy boyfriend, an assassin and an assassin who's out to get them all. But here is where it gets a lot weirder...as well as pretty disturbing. While Japanese audiences might have found the characters of Captain Banana and Yellow Man, most Americans probably would find them disgusting and no understand how audiences were expected to laugh at some sex offenders. Yep...these two get off watching folks from a hidden room and they are clearly intended to be comical. I just don't know what to think of all this. It was meant to be funny, but the sum total of all the pieces just seemed disjoint and unfunny.
Perhaps this is a film best seen with a Japanese friend who can explain all this. I just felt confused and a bit disturbed.
The film is about a room in a hotel in the middle of no where. Into one room in the hotel come some very odd guests--a thief, his old girlfriend, her new and super-nerdy boyfriend, an assassin and an assassin who's out to get them all. But here is where it gets a lot weirder...as well as pretty disturbing. While Japanese audiences might have found the characters of Captain Banana and Yellow Man, most Americans probably would find them disgusting and no understand how audiences were expected to laugh at some sex offenders. Yep...these two get off watching folks from a hidden room and they are clearly intended to be comical. I just don't know what to think of all this. It was meant to be funny, but the sum total of all the pieces just seemed disjoint and unfunny.
Perhaps this is a film best seen with a Japanese friend who can explain all this. I just felt confused and a bit disturbed.