Dec 11 2007 03:00 PM ET

Trailer Blazer: Welcome to 'The Machine Girl'

There are times when I think that the cultural divide that separates Japan’s pop sensibility and America’s is one that will never be bridged. That two great nations, once united by a common love for Godzilla and Jennifer Love Hewitt, can never again see eye to eye.

Then I see things like this — which, viewer beware, is ridiculously bloody — and realize that their brand of awesome-crazy is almost identical to ours:

To paraphrase Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, revenge is a dish best served with a Gatling gun for an arm and a "drill bra."

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  • stephen

    That was gross. And hasn’t the whole machine-gun-for-a-missing-limb thing been done already? And didn’t that movie bomb at the box office?

  • Sally

    Straight to video.

  • Emily

    Hey, one of your movie items – on Paul Rudd being cast in “I Love You, Man” incorrectly identifies Jason Segel as John. I think Hollywood Reporter changed it on their site after they realized the mistake.

  • Greg

    Bizarre. And why is she dressed like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man?

  • Jason

    Let’s remember, this is Japan, a country that has made a successful film series about a teenage girl cop who uses kung-fu and a yo-yo to take down villains. While this movie seems to up the crazy from that, it’s still not a far journey.

  • Thad

    Great! Looks like Tarrentino is involved. Hope they didn’t show us all of the good scenes.

  • Amber

    Way too violent and bloody for me.

  • Daniel

    That doesn’t even look like a real movie trailer to me. Just a mock trailer that’s really bloody entertaining (no pun intended).

  • AD

    I’m sure it’s a real trailer, asian cinema can get pretty wacky. Kudos for including the flying guillotine! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_guillotine Always a welcome weapon.

  • WH

    Oh, God, I wish I hadn’t seen that.

  • Nix

    is THAT why Jennifer Love Hewitt is still famous? Japan? heh. (i know, i know, Liebgott will shoot me.)

  • 1000Steps

    Er.. Holy Hell… This is why I’m still single.

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  • harry

    there’s a follow up movie called the Hajirai Machine Girl (she’s got 2 machine guns!), it’s a blast!
    http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/the-hajirai-machine-girl-stars-noriko-kijima/

  • harry

    there’s a follow up movie called the Hajirai Machine Girl (she’s got 2 machine guns!), it’s a blast!
    http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/the-hajirai-machine-girl-stars-noriko-kijima/

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