Sometimes the Japanese horror genre swings and misses big time, and "Death Tube" was definitely one of those times. I purchased this from Amazon, without really knowing what it was about. I knew it was Japanese and it seemed like it could be fun. But it wasn't...
And don't get suckered in by the 'from the producers of the "banned" Grotesque' on the cover, because this movie was nowhere near the level of "Grotesque".
This movie is about a live web channel named Death Tube (very original name, huh?) that broadcasts a game show with deadly results if the participants doesn't complete the set tasks at hand.
Yeah, initially so this is a Japanese cash-in on the Saw genre - or something like it. Except that "Death Tube" didn't turn out to be anywhere near something that resembled being interesting. The tasks that the people were given to perform in order to stay alive was just ridiculous. And it was really hard to take a guy in a big bear suit seriously when he is issuing orders in a game where people might die if they fail to comply with their given tasks.
The people in the movie were doing good enough jobs with their given roles, but they didn't really have a proper solid script to work with. The storyline was weak and the dialogue equally weak.
Having seen this, or at least half of it, my attention ebbed out and I gave up on this movie, because it was just that boring. I ended up turning it off because I totally lost interest in this movie. For a Japanese horror movie, then "Death Tube" is really a pathetic entry to the genre, and it fails to entertain.
Knowing there is a part 2 to this movie, haven't even stirred up any hope or interest in sitting down to watch it.