Product Details

• Actors: Miki Mizuno, Nao Nagasawa, Kazuki Tsujimoto
• Directors: Takanori Tsujimoto
• Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Surround Sound, Widescreen
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Well Go USA
• DVD Release Date: January 26, 2010
• Run Time: 125 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002V3AM7U
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,790 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Studio: Well Go Usa Inc Release Date: 01/26/2010 Run time: 130 minutes

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really enjoyable!, May 6, 2010

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Dymon Enlow "Dymon Enlow" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hyper Violence Collection: Hard Revenge Milly (Hard Revenge Milly / Hard Revenge Milly: Bloody Battle) (DVD)

Part 1:

I've seen this DVD sitting on the shelf at the video store for a few weeks now and I kept thinking it was going to be like all of those other over-the-top, blood spurting out in gallons movies that've been pouring out of Japan lately, so I skipped it. Now I'm racking myself in the nards nonstop cause this movie is bad [...]!!! Woooooooo!!!!!!!!!

Two years ago while out on a weekend drive, Milly and her family were attacked by a gang of thugs. They killed the husband; punch her infant baby then lit it on fire and slam it against a wall (that's hardcore). During this Milly gets all kinds of [...] up to [...] and mutilated, including her [...] cut off (off screen). How she survived is clouded in mystery, but all that matters right now is she's out to kick some[...]!!!

The budget is low, but even with the sometimes cheesy CGI this movie is a blast. The biggest surprise to me is how exciting and well choreographed the fight scenes are. I was damn near standing up on the couch yelling I was so excited. Then when the surprise at the end happened. Oh [...]. I never would have guessed that [...] in a million years.

Kudos to everybody involved with this movie. I can't wait to see what happens next!

Part 2:

That's it. I'm buying this sucker. Part 2 is even better than the original!!! I really like this story and especially director/writer Takanori Tsujimoto's style. He could make a hundred of these movies and it still wouldn't be enough!

This time around the budget is bigger, the fx and locations are better, the story is deeper and best of all the fight scenes kick even more [...]!!! [...] yeah!

A strange (and really hot!!!) girl comes to Milly to help her get revenge of her own, but out of nowhere some armed men attack and Milly kicks their [...]. Including hitting one so hard both of his eye balls shoot out! The men were sent by the gay lover of the main guy from part 1 and naturally this means Milly's going to have to fight this [...]. That's all the story I'm giving you.

Like I said things are bigger and better from the first movie, including delving a little deeper into Milly's past and really it just ends up making things even more mysterious than they were before. The main question I have is a "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"-style question: is Milly even human or is she an cyborg with false memories?

I really liked both of these movies a lot and since you can get both on the same DVD I say go for it!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3 1/2 stars, June 14, 2010

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ribcage (Lantana, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hyper Violence Collection: Hard Revenge Milly (Hard Revenge Milly / Hard Revenge Milly: Bloody Battle) (DVD)

Hard Revenge Milly is precisely what happens when you take the movie Death Wish and mix it with Japanese action splatter. It's a post-apocalyptic world and a gang of roving murderers has killed Milly's family before her eyes and left her for dead. Now, with some bionic modifications to her body, she's hunting them down for her revenge.

That's it for plot for the first film, a 40 minute short, but by now you should know if this is up your alley or not anyway. Milly drives around looking mournful, and throughout the film we are given flashbacks to see just how horrific the death of her family really was. Miki Mizuno plays the tortured Milly quite well, which is good since the rest of the characters are your run of the mill crazy, sadistic bad guys and a helpful barkeep who shows up briefly at the very beginning. Not that anyone but Mizuno actually gets much of a chance to act, since scenes with a villain mean there's a fight going on.

The action's quick, to the point, and above all gloriously messy. Although the imagination doesn't go much beyond the established checklist for splatter films from Japan (body parts turned into mechanical weapons, Monty Python style blood geysers from wounds, excessive after death twitching, etc) it doesn't come off as stale, so it remains enjoyable.

It's a satisfactory revenge flick overall, but it feels as though there could have been an added punch to give it better lasting effect. Which, I'm sure, is why there's a sequel, conveniently packed right in the box.


Hard Revenge Milly: Bloody Battle is more satisfying, clocking in around 70 minutes to provide a richer story, and with richer story you get -- RICHER CHARACTERS! This time around, Milly's on the receiving end of vengeance, being hunted down by a pair who were friends of the people she killed in the first film. The new bad guys, while still bizarre sadists, are much more interesting than anyone in the first film, having actual motives, showing emotions beyond hysterical frenzy, and getting lines that are worth paying attention to. Added into this is a young girl seeking her own revenge on whoever killed her lover, who looks to Milly as a mentor.

The action definitely takes a step up in the sequel. There's a couple of impressive shootouts, plenty of swordplay, continuous blood geysers, interesting new weapons and it's all choreographed much better than the first film, which is to be expected as it's clearly a bigger production.

Again, there's not much of a story to go along with this action, but at least now instead of Milly's own personal drama we get some interpersonal drama between the villains, her, and the girl who is a newcomer to this level of violence. Thankfully, better actors were found to play these better characters in comparison to the circus performers in the first film. The drama plays out well without any wincing or feeling like it's dragging out too long building up to the next action set piece. Near the end we get a couple of good twists, and it all wraps up nicely in the conclusion.

The problem with the two films ultimately is the sheer simplicity of them. A woman gets revenge, then experiences repercussions for her actions. That's it. Considering that this leads the bulk of the film is going to be character driven, we're led to a new problem -- it's hard to really get into the melancholy of a character when every ten minutes she bends her knee which has a biomechanical shotgun embedded into it and it starts blasting gaping holes into people leaving hoses shooting gallons and gallons of blood. Something about having splatter elements in a film negates successful character development and empathy.

Another point is this "HYPER VIOLENCE" name of the collection. I actually watched these after reading similar hyperbolic tags and summaries. They are violent films, but unless this is your very first foray into splatter, you won't come away feeling you've watched something truly "extreme". Certainly this level of violence isn't likely to show up in any Hollywood film anytime soon, but that's not saying much. They're fun films, but a hardcore splatter connoisseur picking this up on the hope of something wildly disturbing probably would not be too satisfied.

If you love watching action films, any kind of action film of any quality just for the chance of a real good visceral thrill, you'll dig these, particularly Bloody Battle. You'll forget everything in between the action sequences, but the action you will definitely remember.

I'd say overall the films are 3 star films since the silly, gory bits absolutely squander any kind of emotion that's been built up and eliminate a real care for the characters. And it is normal in an action film for character development to be glazed over, yes, but most action films that get this messy don't try to make you feel utterly sad for the troubled main character whenever she's not fighting. However, strictly on an action scene basis I'd give it 4 stars. Leaving 3 1/2 stars as the meeting place between the two.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hard Revenge Milly, June 8, 2010

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ZZrider - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hyper Violence Collection: Hard Revenge Milly (Hard Revenge Milly / Hard Revenge Milly: Bloody Battle) (DVD)

I don't think these films will reach cult status like Versus but I still enjoyed them. Don't look for deep plot or character development here, this is strictly for action junkies and gore hounds. It's your typical revenge story but the action scenes are well done. The gore FX and wire work are also good even on a limited budget. Some of the acting is a little over the top but the main lead handles herself pretty well. What you get is two one hour films on a one sided disc with a documentary for each film. The two documentaries are interesting and are almost as long as the films. So if you liked Samurai Princess or machine girl you may want to give this one a try.