I've yet to see it myself, being British and therefore living in the televisual equivalent of "jam tomorrow". But from the various synopses and reviews I've read, it sounds to me like the problem with it is more of pacing than the actual ending. To me, the ending sounds rather excellent on paper, I'm just a little…

As much as I like Miike's films, I found Dead Or Alive to drag a little in the second act. I know that they couldn't keep the movie at the same level of lunacy the opening scenes promise - because they would have had to drown all of Tokyo in the faeces pool to keep up the insanity of the opening - but a little bit…