Force obscure

This is a stylish, atmospheric, 'arty" film. I found it watchable. I can see why many gave it a low rating as much of what happens is unexplained and the fight scenes are diabolical (so bad that I found them funny), but the characters are interesting the scenes are beautifully shot and I wanted to see how it ended. Don't be put off by the low ratings.

This movie is visually stunning and artfully shot. That being said, the plot is rushed, weak, and many things are left unexplained. People in this movie fight like you punch in your dreams. There are phallic objects entering people's throats. There are unexplained creepy hotel staff and unnecessarily mixed costumes from the Victorian era, the 40's, and awful 90's club wear. If you watch the film without any sound or captions, it's actually a lot less confusing.

I only finished watching this movie so it wouldn't haunt my Continue Watching list for eternity.

DON'T WATCH THIS! JUST DON'T! Everything is just terrible. Nothing is good in this film. It's even scarier for the fact how it was released than the film itself.

As a few people have said here, it is technically beautiful, but there is no coherent plot/storyline. And even if the English language title was correctly translated (Black Fire) it still wouldn't be any indication of what is going on. The fight scenes are not done properly, there are only a few of them, so that didn't affect the movie. While the one woman was nice eye candy, and probably the man as well, the sex scenes were unnecessary and added (nor subtracted) from the apparently non-existent plot.

I don't want any spoilers here, so I won't try to explain what is going on. The acting isn't that good, although some of the eye contact is actually better than the acting.

And because this movie makes no sense it seems to be a part of some series, if not then this movie needs a prequel to explain what is going on.

The things I did like about this movie were the 'hero' rode a motorcycle, so glad it wasn't some muscle car from the 60s. And best was the way it was shot and lit, the sound wasn't bad either.

This might be interesting to film students, but if you are looking for entertainment, even at the B movie level, you really won't find it here.