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1999 Certificate 15
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A man gets involved in a kidnapping scheme with the wife of a wealthy businessman. She lets herself be tied up and confined in his house while he sends the ransom demand. When he returns home that night, however, he finds her laying dead on the floor. In a panic he buries her body deep in the woods and tries to return to his .. Read more

Starring Masato Hagiwara, Miki Nakatani, Ken Mitsuishi, Jun Kunimura
Director Hideo Nakata
Genres Drama, World Cinema

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Chaos

A man gets involved in a kidnapping scheme with the wife of a wealthy businessman. She lets herself be tied up and confined in his house while he sends the ransom demand. When he returns home that night, however, he finds her laying dead on the floor. In a panic he buries her body deep in the woods and tries to return to his ordinary life. One day, he thinks he spots her walking down the street. Is his mind playing tricks on him, or has she somehow returned from the grave?

Starring Masato Hagiwara, Miki Nakatani, Ken Mitsuishi, Jun Kunimura
Director Hideo Nakata
Studio PALISADES TARTAN
Run time DVD: 1 hr 41 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama, World Cinema
Language DVD: Japanese
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 21 Mar 2005
Production year: 1999
Format DVD
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  • This efficient but routine thriller from the director of The Ring has been sitting on the shelves since 1999.... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
  • A gripping thriller of effortless cool.

    • Total Film
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  • 5 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Excellent film noir

    Very very clever film, gripping. You have to pay real close attention to everything, especially in first fifteen minutes, as it helps to understand the very confusing story. Don't worry, you're MEANT to be confused. And you're also MEANT to understand everything by the end. There are some things however that take a lot of working out, but in the end it all fell into place making this one of the best Japanese films I've seen (although Nobody Knows was perhaps a touch better). Certainly the best Nakata, by a mile. I dread to think how Hollywood will butcher this with Robert de Niro and Benicio del Toro next year. I wish they'd think up some of their own ideas. Although at least Jonathan 'Sexy Beast' Glazer is directing, so it shouldn't be as bad as some remakes!

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Brilliant

    I rented this foreign film with English subtitles by mistake, however, I loved the film.

    I'm into thrillers and this had so many twists and turns that you had to make sure you didn't miss a moment of it.

    An enjoyable watch, although I would have preferred it in English.

      • A customer from Sunbury-on-Thames
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    • A man gets involved in a kidnapping scheme with the wife of a wealthy businessman. She lets herself be tied up and confined in his house while he sends the ransom demand. When he returns home that ...