Tetsuo II: Body Hammer

1992 [JAPANESE]

Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 62% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 5566 5.6K

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Plot summary

A Japanese salaryman finds his body transforming into a weapon through sheer rage after his son is kidnapped by a gang of violent thugs.

Director

Shin'ya Tsukamoto Photo
Shin'ya Tsukamoto

Top cast

Hideaki Tezuka Photo
Hideaki Tezuka as Big Skinhead
Min Tanaka Photo
Min Tanaka
Torauemon Utazawa Photo
Torauemon Utazawa as Mad Scientist
Keinosuke Tomioka Photo
Keinosuke Tomioka as Minori
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
744.79 MB
960*720
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles jp  
23.976 fps
1 hr 21 min
Seeds 2
1.35 GB
1440*1080
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles jp  
23.976 fps
1 hr 21 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by gbofaisst 7 / 10

Japanese version of Evil Dead 2

A brilliant re-imagining of Shinya Tsukamoto's 1989 cult classic now with more story, more special effect and a bigger budget. Body Hammer is my favorite movie in the tetsuo series because it's expanded more with the story while keeping the storyline same and doing something new.The effects are unique and uniquely unreal, as they were in the original. This is one filmmaker's nightmares rendered real. These two films, along with Lynch's Eraserhead, are the real deal. The cutting is fast so as to cause many (already extreme) shots to register on the subconscious more than the seeing eye. It will haunt you.This is truly a worthy sequel that is a worth to watch.I will rate this movie: highly watch this movie out of 10.
Reviewed by piratex2020 5 / 10

Crazy as you could expect, but less than the predecessor.

I just have finished watching the movie. It is visceral and crazy as I expected but is not like the first one. Tetsuo: The Iron Man was an experimental movie. This one is less experimental with a more traditional storytelling. It is visible the movement to give a clear plot, which seems not reasonable because this style of movie is just for cult followers, anime fans or people interested in Japanese underground cinema. The same ones who would watch it with or without a clear plot.Summarizing: The first movie was shocking and disturbing. This one is just eccentric when compared with its predecessor. Not recommended for normal audiences, maybe for anime fans. Think this movie as an anime. It is easier to enjoy it.
Reviewed by rottingcarrot 5 / 10

Pales in comparison with the first

Tetsuo II: The body hammer has a really cool title and after seeing the first one, I was very excited to watch it. Unfortunately I was very disappointed. Tetsuo II like many other reviewers have noted, spends a lot more time developing a plot.What is the plot? Tetsuo's son and eventually himself and his wife get captured by some guys who are keen on cyber implants. While captured they hook up a helmet to Tetsuo's head that let's them choose what memories he thinks of. They decide to kill tetsuo but tetsuo gets angry and kills them instead. Other stuff happens too.What does this movie have to do with the original? Absolutely nothing! The original was a stunning visual story about a man transforming into metal. It was so abstract, the plot was up to interpretation, but most importantly it was fast paced and constantly challenging the viewer with fucked up imagery. In the second film Tetsuo apparently didn't go on a killing spree with his friend (as they mutually decided to at the end of the first film) In fact Tetsuo is now a family man with a wife and kid, and his enemy/friend from the first film (like everything else from the first film) doesn't even get mentioned.The biggest problem with Tetsuo II is that the fast pace of the first film was abbandoned. Now scenes last a long time and there is hardly any cool imagery. Remember all the amazing stop motion from the first film that looked as though it would have taken a lot of effort to accomplish? Apparently the director got sick of all the time and effort of stop motion, because this film, although it obviously has a higher budget than the first, has about a third of the stop motion.I believe Tetsuo I was such a sucess because even though the director didn't have a clear idea of the plot, the outstanding and inventive visuals carried the loose plot to interesting places. Tetsuo II on the other hand focused on a conventional plot without developing an interesting story first, resulting in a crappy incredable hulk rip off.If you saw the first Tetsuo you might as well see this, but don't expect much.two stars out of four
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