Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal

Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal

Long live LSD! Long live machine guns! Long live motorbikes!

Directed by Yasuharu Hasebe

Produced by Nikkatsu Corporation

197082 min6.3 / 10

A kinetic, psychedelic-tinged crime thriller about street gangs and drug deals, driven by 1970s counterculture aesthetics and sustained action rather than emotional depth.

Two Japanese men help a Vietnam war deserter escape from Japan for Sweden. They plan to fund the escape by selling LSD pills. After word of the drug deal gets spread around they find themselves fending off rival gangs.

Questions people ask

  • Is Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal violent? Yes. More violent than 88% of films.

  • Does Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

52/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity82

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise45

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love35

How much audiences actually like it

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