See that poster right there? Lies. All lies.I read Twitch pretty regularly, since I love me some Asian films and they're a great source of some weirdness. That's where I first heard about Hobo with a Shotgun, for example. Oh, a review is coming, make no mistake.
From what I read of this film, it looked like a splatter-comedy romance, a la Shaun of the Dead, except with a chainsaw-wielding murderer instead of zombies. Not so. It's actually about two depressed teens falling in love with absolutely no bloodshed.
Seriously. How can you have Chainsaw Edge in the title of your movie and not have a single drop of blood? It's just false advertising.
Yousake is a teenaged boy whose friend Noto died in a motorcycle accident, leaving him hurt and angry with no idea of how to deal with the loss. He thinks he wants to die but he's not quite ready to face that concept yet, so instead he lashes out by shoplifting and sneaking out after curfew. On his way home one night he meets Eri, a schoolgirl with superpowers activated by the presence of Chainsaw Man, a hooded figure with a chainsaw that appears every night to do battle. Now Yousake has a cause; he must protect Eri while she fights. He accomplishes this mostly by getting in her way. Still, Chainsaw Man continues to weaken with every encounter and it looks like victory is imminent. Then Yousake's parents call and ask him to transfer schools to Sapporro where his dad has opened a new shop, and he has to decide whether or not to leave.
It's very sappy and I say again, THERE IS NO BLOODSHED. I can't describe to you how disappointing that was to me. Still, if you are interested in characters over buckets of gore, you'd probably like this movie.
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