Gothic & Lolita Psycho

A girl witnesses her mother's murder, and dons a black leather lolita dress to seek revenge. It's equal parts Lady Snowblood and Machine Girl, which is to say it's pretty much Kill Bill on a micro budget. Shot mostly in large, sparsely furnished rooms, it serves up a series of fight scenes which actually have some competent and creative choreography going for them. As for the heroine's choice of costume? *shrug* It's never explained, but it makes a pretty nifty film title, doesn't it?

Could've used more gothicness, lolitaness and psychotic, erm, ness. As it stands now it feels either like one of those typical Japanese B-movies that never reaches any of its crazy potential, or like a cosplayer project with above average production values. Enjoyment might depend on your tolerance for oddly dressed up dames twirling around each other, surrounded by lazy bullet impact CGI.

expected it to have more splatter elements, but it's not a splatter film. just 80 minutes of surprisingly well shot action centering around a no-frills revenge plot.