Release Date: 1980. Rating: Classic. Visions of a bleak, post-apocalyptic urban wasteland strewn with twisted hunks of mechanical wreckage. A rasping electronic buzz on the soundtrack. These impressions kick-start into a jarring, rapid-fire sequence of chrome, neon and showers of sparks alongside the howl of roaring motors, as boys in black leather with Be-Bop High School quiffs ride menacingly out into the night in the…
Release Date: 1982. Rating: Classic. Burst City (Bakuretsu Toshi Bāsuto Shiti) is an explosive Molotov cocktail of youth gone wild amid a landscape dystopian urban decay. It’s a world of speed tribes, yakuza gangsters, brutal cops, and biker warfare set to a soundtrack of some of Japan’s most notorious punk bands. Featuring performances The Stalin, The Roosters, The Rockers, and INU, first-time director Sogo Ishii…