Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
In a futuristic Tokyo where police have been privatized and bitter self-mutilation is so casual that advertising is often specially geared to the 'cutter' demographic, Ruka is on a mission to avenge her father's assassination. Ruka is a cop from a squad whose goal is to destroy homicidal mutant humans known as 'engineers', that possess the ability to transform any injury to a weapon in and of itself.
Tokyo Gore Police is a gleefully deranged splatter film that earns its Novelty score through sheer audacity — its hyper-violent cyberpunk aesthetic, satirical commercials skewering Japanese consumer culture, and the wildly inventive 'wounds to weapons' body horror concept make it genuinely one-of-a-kind. Cinematography is competent and stylishly grimy, leaning into neon-soaked gore with flair. However, the plot is razor-thin and mostly a delivery mechanism for set pieces, the acting is functional at best within the gonzo context, and the ending fizzles without satisfying resolution or escalation beyond what precedes it.