Burû Kurisumasu

The part where Tatsuya Nakadai, playing a reporter, stumbled around New York in a dazed state while having awkward interactions with random people was the highlight. I wish that had been the whole movie.

Unsurprisingly the movie shines best when Nakadai's on screen. He's in it quite a bit, and dominates the middle third, but there are other parts of the film that drag.

It has a great premise and a lot of great ideas. It's engaging in parts but meanders a little and feels unfocused at other times. Might also be a tad on the nose in some scenes, but not in a way that's a dealbreaker.

It drags a lot in the final third or so, but is partially saved by a Godfather-style ending that needs to be seen to be believed. This movie's crazy and inconsistent and hard to rate. I'll give it a positive but still somewhat fence-sitty 3/5.