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The Machine Girl (2008) · CriticCrunch

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The Machine Girl

Movie2008·96 min

The Machine Girl

Directed by Noboru Iguchi

Action Adventure Comedy Crime Horror Thriller

A action adventure film directed by Noboru Iguchi.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 66%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

About The Machine Girl

The life of a young, Japanese schoolgirl is destroyed when her family is killed by a Ninja-Yakuza family. Her hand cut off, she replaces it with various machines-of-death, and seeks revenge.

Pacing: Gripping (8 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Easy to follow (2 of 9)
Humor: Funny (6 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Stylized
Story Tags: grief and loss, trauma recovery, freedom rebellion, action combat, supernatural, japan, high school campus, strangers forced together, action hero, underdog, revenge quest, rise and fall, organized crime

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.0/10

239 ratings

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Details

Director: Noboru Iguchi
Language: Japanese

Cast

Minase Yashiro, Asami, Yuya Ishikawa

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How The Machine Girl Ranks

All movies

Top 66%

2000s movies

Top 59%

Action movies

Top 68%

★Noboru Iguchi films#1 of 3

Noboru Iguchi's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

The Machine Girl Vibe

What it feels like

grippingdarkintenseeasy to followfunnypersonalheartfeltgritty

stylized

What it's about

revenge questrise & fallgrief & losstrauma recoveryfreedom rebellionaction herounderdogstrangers forced togetheraction combatsupernaturalorganized crimejapanhigh school

pacing

gripping 8/9gripping 8/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

easy to follow 2/9easy 2/9

humor

funny 6/9funny 6/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

grittygritty