When bullies kill her younger brother, schoolgirl Ami (Minase Yashiro) seeks revenge on the perps and their parents. She loses an arm during a yakuza torture session; fortunately, sympathetic motor mechanics help with a machine-gun prosthesis, and Ami turns the bloody tide. Pic shows evidence of cultural recycling, with Japanese influences on Robert Rodriguez being reconditioned for this much cheaper model. Perfs are as gaudy as the bloody special effects, though artful framing belies the idea that Iguchi has knocked out this film carelessly. Adequate tech credits show little finesse, but the target aud won't care.

Camera (color), Yasutaka Nagano; editor, Kenji Tanabe; music, Koh Nakagawa; production designer, Yasuo Kurosu; Special Effects & Gore Effects, Yoshihiro Nishimura. Reviewed at Berlin Film Festival (market), Feb. 8, 2008. Running time: 96 MIN.