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Title: Core
Review: Essentially, 'Bodyhammer' is the original 'Tetsuo', but with added commercial appeal. It's filmed in colour (black, white, *and* purple), and explains a lot of the action with a plot, one which unfortunately seems to be borrowed from a million-and-one other Anime films. Still, as with the original, the style is the important thing, and '2' has it in bucketloads. Pushing the boundaries of pre-Cat III censorship to the limits, although you never see anything particularly disturbing, the excellent grindcore soundtrack and furious visuals make you think that you are witnessing a hell on not-quite-earth. Ultimately, it's rather like hard-core pornography - extreme, relentless, and numbing, so that by the end you're actually quite bored. It's a heck of a ride, though.
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