Patchwork (2015) – Three twentysomething women wake up after their Friday night to discover that they’ve been Frankensteined into one body, with three minds (career girl, sorority sister, wallflower) butting up against each other. Wackiness ensues.
This is a bloody, irreverent black comedy, sort of like if old-school Peter Jackson had been inspired by a viewing of Frankenhooker (1990). Worth seeing.
Black Fox: Age of the Ninja (2019) – Miya, a girl with telekinetic powers being chased by a mercenary clan, seeks protection from the White Fox ninja clan and becomes besties with Rikka, the heir apparent even though she doesn’t approve of her grandfather trying to solve everything with violence. (Again: Ninja clan.) When the White Foxes withdraw their protection, Rikka has to strike out on her own with her awesome ninja skills and a spiffy “black fox” armor outfit to protect Miya — ultimately, through the power of non-violence.
Fun to watch, not at all realistic, and marred by that whole “hugs not fists” thing which usually causes its proponents to end up dead. I didn’t put on a ninja movie to watch conflict be resolved through understanding and love!
Any Gun Can Play (among a half-dozen other names) (1967) – A notorious bandit highjacks a train with a gold shipment, but is double-crossed by his lieutenant; said lieutenant is shot down before revealing the hiding place. So now the bandit, the bounty hunter on the bandit’s tail (genre stalwart George Hilton), the bank representative who was supposed to keep the gold safe, and the insurance agent who thinks the bank representative’s in on it are all chasing each other trying to find the gold.
There’s a point in most spaghetti westerns where you can’t decide if it’s an incredibly Rube-Goldbergian plot, or whether they were simply making it up as you go along; fortunately, the more watchable spaghetti westerns hit that point right about where you also decide to stop caring and just enjoy it.