to fill in the narrative gaps created by the emphasis on style over information, the movie shoehorns in some awkwardly overdubbed dialogue, which only serves to make it feel even more remedial
the screenwriters and director Shintaro Shimosawa aren't that rigorous, opting instead for a lazy resolution one can see coming and a twist ending cribbed from a well-known 1990 legal thriller
a pair of legendary actors is criminally misdirected, two of Hollywood's prettiest actresses are sadistically abused and we're robbed of our time and money