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good back-story, and good acting

Absolutely Brilliant!

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Hmm…had mixed feelings; I couldn't stand the main detective Manabu played by Yosuke Eguchi. He reminded me of the reason cops have bad reps. He wasn't corrupt; rather took police brutality to another level. Yet he was supposed to be the protagonist. I enjoyed the character Asako…One of Miwako Ichikawa's better performances.This is worth seeing for the fact that it has a unique plot. Be warned that there are a lot of slow points that are meant to built certain characters up.The movie Audition aka Ôdishon, (1999), was way better.

I would have given the film 8 stars if it had been a bit more tightly edited. Clocking in at 2 hours and 10 minutes it's just too long. Maintaining tension is a tricky business and this exhausts itself after about 105 minutes. That being said, it is still a very enjoyable action/horror/sci-fi flick. The cast, a mix of novice and veterans, acquit themselves nicely. I actually cared about what happened to them. A scene of brutality between two of the main characters a little over half-way through really shocked me and reminded me of a scene that could have been written by Neil Labute. Unfortunately, some other scenes tended to drag on too long and the movie lost its dark humored edge sometime after the first hour. The revelation at the end of the film is a bit anti-climactic and surprisingly unimportant by that point. Otherwise, the film is enjoyable with some great action sequences and a script that continues to surprise and thwart viewer expectations. I look forward to seeing more from this director and cast.

'Another Heaven' isn't the most innovative or original Japanese horror movie I've seen in the last couple of years, but it's still pretty entertaining, and should interest any fans of 'The Hidden' or 'Fallen', two movies it shares certain similarities with (though I must admit it isn't anywhere near as good as either). Two cops, one young one old, are on the trail of a killer, something we've seen in so many other movies it's become beyond a cliche. Some people have mentioned 'Se7en' as a reference point, which is accurate to a certain degree, but you might as well throw Kurosawa's 'Stray Dog' in as a comparison, it doesn't really matter. Pretty soon they realize that the fiendish serial killer they are hunting isn't exactly what he appears to be, and herein lies the twist 'Another Heaven' adds to this overly familiar material. I could be cynical and pull apart the plot holes, but this movie requires a certain suspension of disbelief, otherwise you might as well not bother. It is what it is, and if you accept that you'll be reasonably entertained. The two main cops are good enough, the two women in the younger cops life, a sophisticated doctor, and a trampy ex-criminal are both great to look at, and there are enough gruesome scenes and tense moments to keep you watching until the end. 'Another Heaven' isn't anything special but it's okay.

Okay, first, think David Fincher's SE7EN with INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS and that's what you get with this supra-slick Japanese action/horror flick. All the ingrediants are included: gorgeous Japanese gals covered in blood, grisly crime scenes featuring brains in boiling soup, and cops chasing serial killers possessed by spirits of Angels or Aliens. I'm not too sure which, but you can make the decision after watching it yourself. The only drawback I could possibly think of would have to be that ALL the "Goddess-like" Japanese women in this film should have had a nude scene and not just the main star's girlfriend. It's also alittle more "mainstream" compared to most of the other movies I've reviewed so far. But other than that, this is a much overlooked gem in the Japanese action/horror cinema and I recommend it to any fan of the genre.