Two bizarre worlds collide as a man hits another dead on in his car not realising that he is a man known as a "Metals Fetishist" and in retaliation to his crime he slowly starts transforming into a metal being himself.
It took me a good half hour to write the story section of this review even after referencing the entire internet. Thing is with this movie it's kinda hard to understand and it's even harder to keep up with unless you go into it knowing exactly what's going on.
The movie starts out with this guy "Metals Fetishist" that cuts his leg open and inserts a long metal bolt inside the cut, a few minutes later he unwraps his wound to reveal it's covered in maggots. Scared and confused he runs frantically through the streets of Tokyo when all of a sudden he's hit by a car driven by a Man (Tomorowo Taguchi). In a panic the man tries to get rid of the body. The next morning as he's shaving he notices a small piece of metal protruding from his face. As he pulls on the piece of metal it burst open and bleeds all over the place. As time progresses he's finding that his entire body is slowly being consumed by metal. As the metal consumes his body he loses control of his mind, has terrible visions and is overcome with rage. What happens next is so surreal it bends all understanding of his life as he knows it.
 
I have to say Tetsuo: Iron Man is a truly incredible movie, although the visuals are very hard to see at times and it kicks in really quick and rapid. This movie could definately cause seizures with the fast paced flashing from scene to scene. Though it's hard to follow and extremely sick this movie is a definate cult classic.
If you dont mind that the movie is Black and White and barely over an hour long you'll love it; it's sick, twisted, perverted and balls to the wall intense. Also look for the sequel Tetsuo II : Body Hammer.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Tetsuo
MOVIE YEAR: 1989
DIRECTOR: Shinya Tsukamoto
WRITING CREDITS: Shinya Tsukamoto
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi
CAST: Shinya Tsukamoto, Kei Fujiwara, Tomorowo Taguchi
COUNTRY: Japan
RUNTIME: 67 min
RATING: 9/10
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