
Meatball Machine
“They come from beyond”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 61, rated by 1 admin.
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Alien parasites turn lonely city residents into grotesque biomechanical fighters. A tentative love story is swallowed by machinery, wet practical effects and increasingly elaborate bodily weapons. This Japanese splatter feature suits viewers who enjoy creature design enough to follow it somewhere unpleasant.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 4.5/10
- Plot
- 8.5/10
- Effects
- 3.5/10
- Dialogue
- 6/10
- Rewatchability
- 8/10
“The parasite infestation has begun issuing personalised weapons.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 61
Synopsis and movie facts
Capable of making bio-mechanical weapons out of human flesh, alien parasites grotesquely invade the Earth, turning their hosts into maniacal killers who seek and destroy each other to the bloody death! And yes, it s also a human love story, even though the budding romantics are infested with slimy, tumor-like globules.
- Released
- 2006
- Directed by
- Jun'ichi Yamamoto
- Running time
- 90 min
- Original title
- ミートボールマシン
Starring
- Issey Takahashi as Yôji
- Aoba Kawai as Sachiko
- Kenichi Kawasaki as Tanaka
- Tarō Suwa
- Shoichiro Masumoto
- Ayano Yamamoto
- Toru Tezuka
- Takashi Naha
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 27351. Review uses a different release year; the catalogue follows the canonical TMDB release date.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review describes the biomechanical transformations and praises absurd details such as miniature blood-clearing wipers.
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