I finally got around to watching
Suicide Club, and how the hell did it take me this long to watch such a terrific movie? The movie starts out with a bang as 54 cheerful school girls all jump in front of a train off a platform while holding hands. Japan then goes on to experience a rash of suicide pact deaths which leaves the detectives baffled as to whether these are suicides or murders. The movie is very playful and is really half comedy, with some scenes of horror and shock. The main theme of the movie seems to be a lament over the shallowness of pop culture and how that inhibits self-reflection. The movie is not played with a straight face and gets gradually more nutty and surreal as it progresses. Suicide Club doesn't really fit into any conventional genre formula at all. It's a unique work, and it is unpredictable and original. There is nothing quite like it. It is a funny and clever movie and entertaining as hell, I really enjoyed it.