Dead Ball
(2011/or Deadball/Well Go USA
Blu-ray)
Picture:
C Sound: C Extras: A Film: C+
Yakyu
(Basball) Jubeh has been gifted with the Godly arm of baseball, but after
accidentally killing his father with his deadly pitch, he has vowed never to
play baseball again. Years later, he
uses his arm to fight crime and evil doers, but it ends him up in juvenile
reformatory. There he faces sadistic headmistress Ishihara who forces him and
the various inmates to play 'Deadball' against the 'psycho butcher girls' of
St. Black Dahlia.
Yudai
Yamaguchi’s Deadball (2011) is a
death sport exercise with mixed results, taking place with much violence at The
Pterodactyl Juvenile Reformatory the inmates are sodomized, tortured into
playing 'Deadball' against the boobilious bad girls of St. Black Dahlia, where
winning is getting the best bloody death of the opponent's team members for the
headmistress's sadistic Nazi enjoyment, but Jubeh isn't just anyone's puppet,
to find his brother and settle the score he'll show the headmistress, not
everything goes her way.
This
movie was like a psychotic baseball nightmare, sort of like Shaolin Soccer meets Battle Royale (reviewed on Blu-ray
elsewhere on this site). Be warned there
IS graphic sodomy, oral penetration, genital crushing, and other gross acts of
a torturous nature, so expect NC-17 visuals. This is a still comedy of baseball scat for
those into over the top bloody death with mutilated bodies, granted there are
hot girls, it is not for the faint of heart.
The 1080p
1.78 X 1 digital High Definition image transfer is a sloppy, weak HD shoot that
has plenty of motion blur, color, detail and depth issues. The DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 5.1 lossless mix
is towards the front speakers, is not well reoc4rded and much weaker than
expected. Location audio issues are also
pervasive. Extras include spin-off
short, making of the film, interviews, and trailers.
- Ricky Chiang
