| "Tokyo Rampage" is a very intense film from up and coming director Toshiaki Toyoda. It is centered around Arano (Koji Chihara), who is a psycho with few emotions or words. His only concern seems to be eliminating all yakuza and other undesirable people, which are described by him as "not needed". This is not only his catchphrase but a large portion of his dialogue. But he still manages to shed some charisma and shows acts of mercy in his bloody quest of destruction. Arano gets involved with an independent gang of pimps after he defiantly kills a yakuza solider outside the door of the yakuza boss. Kamijo (Onimaru) is immediately impressed with Arano's bold emotionless audacity and tries to recruit him. Kamijo then finds he may have gotten more than he bargained for with this cold calculated killer that could self destruct at any second taking everyone with him.
This film moves very fast as it tackles some problems facing the youth within Japanese society today. This movie only has a few violent scenes that are not ridiculously violent but instead focuses on their intensity. They can also be described as very realistic except for the always popular blood spray that seems to hit every corner of the room and the excessive blood puddles on the floor.
My main gripe is a lack of background information and character development of some of the interesting people such as Arano, Kamijo, and the very cool and sexy female grunge assassin. Oh, and the two westerners terrible acting.
Overall this is a very intense thriller that sucks you in and spits you out 98 min later leaving the viewer wandering if they took a single breath. | 
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