Even if you like bizarre movies, you'll probably like "R100," then hate it, then go back to liking it, then wonder what you're looking at. And then the movie will end.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 23, 2015

"R100" suggests that extreme and perverse films allow the everyman to seek thrills in his otherwise-monotonous life.

| Jan 22, 2015

Matsumoto works overtime to keep this vital once the basic premise has been established, but the cultural subtext is so potent that he really can't go wrong.

| Jan 22, 2015

Heady stuff, indeed, but perfect midnight-date movie fare if you're, uh, in the mood.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 22, 2015

A little punishment goes a long way, especially for the rest of us, yet on it drags, torturously, slap, kick, slap, kick.

| Jan 22, 2015

Matsumoto says he wanted to make a film that transcended the idea of genre, and in that respect, he has succeeded admirably.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 22, 2015

You'd expect more yucks from the country that bequeathed tentacle porn.

| Original Score: C | Jan 21, 2015

When the film works, it isn't because Matsumoto is playing to the cult-movie crowd, but because he's sympathetic to all the Takafumis out there who fade into the background.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 21, 2015

The set pieces follow their own insane, unstoppable logic, with each new twist yielding its own outré surprises.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 17, 2015

A reflection on destructive sexual fantasies vaunts some wonderfully outrageous and original comedy but an unimpressive final act.

| Dec 9, 2014

Though it's not as elegant as his 2009 film Symbol -- or as satisfying, especially if you make the mistake of expecting a statement about gender -- it's unmistakably a product of the same unique imagination.

| Dec 9, 2014

If a dominatrix is one who takes total control of her passive partner, then "R100" is the cinematic equivalent of a kinky femme fatale in black leather and stiletto heels, cracking a whip and a smile.

| Feb 3, 2014