Tokyo Sunrise

Director - Mike Sullivan

Starring - Max Beesley, Brian Doherty, and Hghtower

Release Date - 2025

Genre - Action

Format - Bluray (Personal Collection) (Screener)

Rating (out of 5):

     My journey through the world of Cliff Twemlow has been one that I'm glad I was able to do but I don't see myself wanting to revisit it any time soon.  I like watching movies even if the movies are bad and most of the films in this set are just that.  I hate to say it but these films are rough and difficult to finish.  However, there is a lot of movie fans out there that like to experience movies the same way I do that would love to sit through all these.  As I make my way to the last two films in the set, I find myself  struggling to finish these films.  Maybe watching one of them at a time over the course of several months would have been beneficial than marathoning them back to back.  Regardless, here I am on one of the few films left in the set which is the unfinished action film Tokyo Sunrise.

     The film, or should I say scene, follows a group of what appears to be drug dealers preparing for a meeting when a man wielding a shotgun busts into the room and slaughters everyone.  We soon learn that a well known company has switched gears and is manufacturing a new drug.

     I had no idea this was an unfinished film prior to viewing it and it was cool that the film had an introductory explaining what I was about to watch and why it wasn't finished.  It was a cool to see this before seeing what they had filmed.  It is a bit odd to review an unfinished film but I will try to make it work.  The acting in this one is a little better than the previous films.  The characters are just as cliched as the other films but the cast is not as stiff.  They get into their roles even though it was for such a short period of time.  The story for this one is very 90s which makes me suspect that these scenes were originally shot sometime in the mid to late 90s before it found itself shelfed.  What we have is more action in this 15 or 20 minute segments than most of this set has altogether.  It would have been cheesy but I have a feeling this film would have been the best in the collection if it was completed.  Finally, the film has some surprisingly fun gun deaths that I was not expecting.  The gag is a bit bulky on one of the stuntmen but it still looked good.  Overall, Tokyo Sunrise is was surprisingly fun for what it was.  I seriously wish it would have been finished and what caliber of film it would have been if it was.  Check it out if you get a chance.