Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

I hate sushi, but after seeing this, I could almost come to like it. I didn't mind this film. The acting impressed the s..t out of me, especially that of a very plump Mark Hamill, with long stringy hair, a sort of Paul William's lookalike, if not acting him too, a bit. Coming across as a Machete type film, with Tarantino story telling, this was a real let down on the shoot em' up action factor, that disappointed us the way Death Proof did, but when you watch it again you accept it for what it is, as still finding it enjoyable. It's the crazy and interesting characters, that make it so, with some of the most odd casting I've ever seen But the casting is spot on. The formulated story is nothing new at all, our one attraction, the naked sushi girl, who lies her flat supple self down for most of the film, as a bed of food, while our nasty nasties, occasionally eat an array of sushi pieces off of her, the short tempered hot head, Max, who sucks at using chopstix. A group of ex cons, have been summoned to dine at their boss's (Tony Todd) house. Why? Cause the other ex con Fish (Never Ending Story's Noah Hathaway) has just got out, and could know where the missing diamonds are in a bungled robbery. Honorable to his partners he never gave up, where this doesn't mean jack, he's taken hostage and forced to tell him what really happened with those jewels, and I'll tell ya, Hathaway takes one hell of a beating, suffering a couple of different tortures, including taking a real glassing. I also was impressed by wire wearing James Duval, as one of Todd's crew, as the only other things were those Greg Araki movies. I must say Hamill as one of crew, is unbelievable though, and funny, and VERY gay, where at times he so hated and repellent. But remember he's only acting. No performance lacks, and that even goes for the brief performances of Biehn, Fahey and Trejo who house some stolen diamonds, where our nasties snatch them. Somewhere along the way the diamonds go astray, hence the present torture situation. Actually the sushi girl provides the twist, much in the exact same vein to another film I know of, but won't mention. Don't expect this film to happen many surprises, cause it doesn't. I actually liked Hathaway's character, and his performances wasn't bad either. The other characters of this crew I loathed, though James Duval's I didn't mind, where really he was the most singularly impressive. All actors impressed me in this, but you have to watch it for Hamill, and for the sushi girl, too, which will have many eyes, poring over her.

Fish has been in jail for six years, without his comrades from a diamond heist gone bad. He took the fall, he did the time, and now he's out.Duke, Max, Francis, and Crow treat him to a sumptuous dinner in a reserved room. The food is sushi, served off the body of a naked young woman. The woman has been trained not to react to what the guests are doing, and this probably served her well.Soon enough, the real reason for the meeting surfaces. The robbers had a bad accident: their van and a car encountered each other at speed. The gang's driver was killed, the other driver was dealt with by Duke, and the cops and firemen showed up quickly. In the process, most of the gang got away, but the diamonds seem to have gone missing. The ones who got away want Fish to tell them where the diamonds are.There are many flashbacks as the details of the heist are rehashed, particularly the events surrounding the traffic crash. When Fish refuses to tell his erstwhile partners where the diamonds are, they decide to encourage his veracity by force.Will there be a falling out among thieves? -----Scores-----Cinematography: 5/10 Perhaps this was done intentionally, as Tarantino sometimes does, but the visuals looked gritty and jumpy, rather sub-VHS quality. In other segments, the visuals were of reasonable quality.Sound: 9/10 No problems.Acting: 10/10 Mark Hamill, Tony Todd, and Noah Hathaway were great. In much smaller roles, Michael Biehn, Jeff Fahey, and Danny Trejo were fine. Cortney Palm also had a limited role, but it was pivotal to the overall effect of the film.Screenplay: 4/10 The last five minutes were just exquisite. On the other hand, the characters played by Michael Biehn, Jeff Fahey, and Danny Trejo seemed to be vastly underused. The worst part for me was the disposition of the diamonds after the accident. It should have been abundantly clear where the diamonds were, and the whole extended torture sequence was unnecessary.

Well, appearances can be deceiving and I must say that I initially didn't have much expectations to this movie given the poster and DVD cover for this movie. But still, I decided to give it a go, and I am glad that I did, because this movie took me by surprise.The movie turned out to be a really interesting movie with a very well-told story. However, I will point out that albeit the story is compelling and the movie is interesting, this is the type of movie that you watch once and never again because it just doesn't have enough to offer for a second watching. That being said, I am not saying that "Sushi Girl" is a bad movie, far from it.The story is a tale of revenge and betrayal, where the audience is left in the dark trying to grasp out what is going on, and the movie tends to take turns here and there, and those turn are for a better twist and a more gory twist. So if you enjoy blood and torture, stick around for the movie.Now what really surprised me was the people they had assembled for the cast. The main cast was really nice and they did good jobs with their given roles, and there were some great appearances in the movie as cameos as well. All together a very good ensemble of actors on the billing list. Personally, it was great for me to see Mark Hamill in this role, after having seen him flunk out with the last couple of recent movies. And seeing him in this particular pseudo-psychotic role was just brilliant. But also hats off to Tony Todd for his usual gloomy, charismatic performance. Noah Hathaway and Andy Mackenzie also did really great jobs. And for the cameo appearances you have Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn and Danny Trejo. Of these latter three, Michael Biehn's role was just off the rails, it was awesome."Sushi Girl" is a heist movie gone bad, and it was great from the very beginning to the very end - despite it being a single shot movie (in the terms that you watch it once and never again).I can highly recommend "Sushi Girl" if you want to be entertained for about an hour and a half. Just be warned that there is some torture scenes that can be quite graphic to watch for those faint of heart.

Fish (Noah Hathaway) has spent six years in jail. Six years alone. Six years keeping his mouth shut about the robbery, about the other men involved. The night he is released, the four men he protected with silence celebrate his freedom with a congratulatory dinner. The meal is a lavish array of sushi, served off the naked body of a beautiful young woman.Look at this cast: Tony Todd, Michael Biehn, Mark Hamill, Jeff Fahey, Sonny Chiba, Danny Trejo. And then we start out with the song "Diamonds Are Forever" -- known from James Bond, but with a very different meaning here.We have James Duval -- is he all grown up? And we have the sensibility and spiritual feeling of "Reservoir Dogs", one of the all-time greatest heist movies.I do not even need to write a real review because this movie is just so darn good.