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Title: Miike stumbles
Review: Talented director Takashi Miike falls flat on his face with this installment of Showtime's Masters of Horror series. Searching for his lost love, an American (Billy Drago) travels to a sinister island, where a disfigured prostitute (Youki Kudoh) tells her terrible fate before revealing her own disturbing secret. Miike's first mistake is to shoot this in English. Many of the performers stumble over their lines. Drago overacts dreadfully, and the story seems to be little more than an excuse to string together graphic scenes of torture and abortion. The prostitute's secret turns out to be quite ridiculous. If you enjoy watching films that aim to shock, you will find much to enjoy here, but you'll be disappointed if you're hoping for a coherent narrative.
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