# Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)

> Two estranged childhood friends reunite as rival contract killers and turn a criminal vocation into an anarchic campaign against the syndicates that employed them.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/8129

## Facts

- Runtime: 97 min
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Comedy
- Director: Takashi Miike
- Cast: Show Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi, Noriko Aota, Edison Chen, Kenichi Endo, Hiroko Isayama, Masato, Yūichi Minato
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285005/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: darkly comic, melancholic, absurdist, cult movie night, late night viewing

## Synopsis

Two childhood friends turned contract killers find redemption in their past as they take on a new mission for good.

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