Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- campy
- absurd
- visceral
- cult movie night
- midnight screening
What critics said
Critics broadly found a knowingly excessive Japanese exploitation film whose energetic gore and absurd spectacle outweigh its thin narrative.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Ami pursues the ninja-yakuza clan after her brother is killed and she is tortured and mutilated.
The film emphasizes nonstop gore, bloody action, dismemberment, and grotesque comic violence.
Ami's customized bullet-spewing mechanical arm drives the revenge campaign and defines the film's imagery.
Ami is presented as a college-age girl who becomes a heavily armed revenge fighter after losing her arm.
Films like The Machine Girl, and why
Tokyo Gore Police
shares outrageous gore, revenge-driven action, girls-with-guns imagery, and deliberately excessive exploitation humor
Mutant Girl Squad
shares Japanese splatter aesthetics, absurd body modification, hyperviolent revenge, and cult midnight-movie energy
Lady Snowblood
shares female-led revenge, transgressive gore, martial-arts spectacle, and campy exploitation tone
RoboGeisha
shares grindhouse excess, stylized violence, revenge motifs, and heightened genre absurdity
Movie Details
- Director
- Noboru Iguchi
- Release Date
- 2008-01-02
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (237)
Cast
- Minase Yashiro
- Asami
- Yuya Ishikawa
- Kentarō Shimazu
- Honoka
- Noriko Kohara
- Ryosuke Kawamura
- Nobuhiro Nishihara
- Nahana
- Kentaro Kishi
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Crunchyroll, Philo, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, RetroCrush Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Machine Girl about?
- A mutilated young woman turns a custom bullet-spewing prosthetic into the ultimate weapon against a vicious ninja-yakuza clan.
- What is The Machine Girl like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Machine Girl as breakneck, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Machine Girl violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Machine Girl as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Machine Girl?
- Critics broadly found a knowingly excessive Japanese exploitation film whose energetic gore and absurd spectacle outweigh its thin narrative.
- Which films are like The Machine Girl?
- Films with a similar feel include Tokyo Gore Police, Mutant Girl Squad, Lady Snowblood, and RoboGeisha.
- How long is The Machine Girl?
- The Machine Girl runs 96 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Machine Girl?
- In United States, The Machine Girl streams on Crunchyroll, Philo, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, RetroCrush Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel.
