Plot: Taka is a slacker whose life is about to change when he receives a small package containing a cassette. It holds the voice of a woman, telling him his brother is kidnapped by a strange cat cult. The voice orders him to get his act together, go save his brother, and steal a small box in the process. Taka owes his brother and obliges, but even though he manages to locate his brother, he only succeeds in stealing the mystery box. This angers the cats and Taka becomes their target. Luckily, he gets help from a
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January 13, 2024
Ah yes, Japan. Mad Cats is a film constructed around some wonky internal logic, which is never explained in full. Somehow cats have taken over the world (and have taken on human form), Japanese people are living in a land that looks like 20th-century America and some mythical catnip has become the center of a dispute between a gang of cats and an archeologist and his brother. If you're fine with that, please go ahead and watch this film, because it's a real hoot. Dry comedy, cool action scenes, and random weirdness, that's why I love Japanese cinema.