Overview
Two boys seek revenge in a world ruled by gangsters and baseball dreams.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- deadpan
- sardonic
- volatile
- cult movie night
- japanese cinema marathon
Movie Details
- Director
- Takeshi Kitano
- Release Date
- 1990-09-15
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (226)
Cast
- Yûrei Yanagi
- Yuriko Ishida
- Takeshi Kitano
- Guadalcanal Taka
- Dankan
- Makoto Ashikawa
- Hisashi Igawa
- Johnny Ohkura
- Eri Fuse
- Katsuo Tokashiki
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- AsianCrush
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Boiling Point about?
- A pair of Japanese baseball players enter a violent yakuza revenge spiral when a trip to Okinawa brings them under the influence of an unstable gangster.
- What is Boiling Point like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Boiling Point as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Boiling Point violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Boiling Point as graphic.
- What did critics think of Boiling Point?
- Critics broadly regard Takeshi Kitano's crime drama as a sharply stylized and darkly comic work whose eccentric violence and tonal unpredictability distinguish it within yakuza cinema.
- Which films are like Boiling Point?
- Films with a similar feel include Sonatine, Outrage, Ichi the Killer, and Dead or Alive.
- How long is Boiling Point?
- Boiling Point runs 96 minutes.
- Where can I watch Boiling Point?
- In United States, Boiling Point streams on AsianCrush.
