SUSHI GIRL is the type of movie for fans of Quentin Tarantino and Grindhouse.  The movie opens with criminal Fish who gets out fo prison after six years after going down for a robbery gone wrong.  He has kept quiet about the crew he was working with and he is invited to a reunion dinner with that crew because they have one question on their mind.  They want to know what happened to the diamonds since Fish was the one was ordered to grab the diamonds as the cops were closing in after a car accident.  Fish and the crew are at a sushi dinner complete with a naked sushi girl who is supposed to remain catatonic no matter what she sees and hears.  Soon the criminals start to torture Fish as old wounds are opened and events are revealed on what happened on that day.   One of them in that room has revenge on their mind in what I can say is one of the most interesting stylized crime films since RESERVOIR DOGS.  It has a cast of actors you may recognize from other films like Tony Todd (as the mastermind of the diamond theft) and Mark Hamill (who looks like he could play Val Kilmer’s alcoholic overweight homosexual brother).   The movie starts slow only to suck you into its entertaining madness as you might guess wrong on how this movie will end as the pieces fit together like a puzzle.

 

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Audio commentary with director Kern Saxton, co-writer Destin Pfaff, Neal Fischer, and Suren M. Seron

Audio commentary with Tony Todd, James Duval, Noah Hathaway, Andy Mackenzie, David Dastmalchian, director Kern Saxton, and co-writer Destin Pfaff

 

SUSHI GIRL: A DOCUMENTARY is an overlong hour behind-the-scenes documentary which would have been better if they edited it down to half the length. The Producer’s Diaries featurette is much more entertaining to watch than the documentary.

 

Two alternate edits of scenes from the end of the movie and a 15 minute plus outtakes reel (with the first bit with the Sushi Girl being the most fun and inappropriate).

The Fake TV commercials consist of a plumber commercial with the crew of thieves, a diarrhea eliminator commercial, and a Soy Sauce commercial with Sonny Chiba are all very amusing.   The music video for Victories and Consequences by Send The Sages is filmed on the main movie set with the sushi girl from the movie.

Four theatrical trailers are presented on the disc including three red band trailers and one Grindhouse trailer.

Extras rounding out the disc are cast and crew interviews from the Fantasia Festival in Canada, and image galleries for poster, promotional photos, and behind-the-scenes photos.

 

FINAL ANALYSIS:  SUSHI GIRL is a cult gem you should rent.  Watch the extras like the outtakes, the music video, and the fake commercials.  Skip the overlong documentary.