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The New York Times by Dave Kehr
The emotional impact of Shark Skin Man is negligible.
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50
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
The movie is visually impressive, but Ishii's virtuoso style can't overcome the flatness of the comic-book story he's telling.
50
Falls into the clotheshorse cliché: all dressed up and no place to go.
50
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
Its crazy non sequiturs and anything-goes performances do lend it a certain cult appeal.
70
Exceptionally satisfying and enormously entertaining.
50
The non-linear plot makes for confusion and, except for the inspired final shootout, the action sequences are mediocre.