Akari Takaishi and Saori Izawa are delightful as the young assassins who are faced with trying to balance “normal” lives with their careers as professional assassins. Their chemistry on screen with each other, and the rest of the cast, make for some memorable and enjoyable moments as they recognize they may be unfit for anything other than professional “hits”.
The film does a terrific job of walking the tight rope between being funny and outrageous without being unwatchable and silly. It also does a fantastic job of integrating martial arts action and gun play into the film. Saori Izawa clearly has some Taekwondo training in her pedigree, and her fight scenes are interesting and well choreographed.
The film’s Direction, tight editing, and unique cinematography really work in this one.
In a market of formula driven action and adventure films it is no surprise that this original and unique action comedy is winning awards and making noise at worldwide film festivals. I expect it will explode in popularity after this year’s Comic-Con.
Baby Assassins may be the most enjoyable independent movie since The Paper Tigers. I highly recommend this film.
The film is subtitled.
-review by Marc Zirogiannis
Synopsis:
BABY ASSASSINS, debuting July 22 exclusively on the martial arts streaming service Hi-YAH! before hitting Digital, Blu-rayTM and DVD August 16 from Well Go USA Entertainment.
Country of Origin: Japan
BABY ASSASSINS has a runtime of approximately 95 minutes and is not rated.
