i be not sure how to even begin a critique of this film . the best analogy that i can think of be a bit like the first time i ever go into a sushi bar . it wasn not just that the food that i ate be completely different to a palate more used to hamburger or fish and chip and but that the rule be different too . instead of have a waitress write down the order and i pick out colourful dish off a conveyor belt and and eat some wonderfully exotic food . all of this wrap up in a culture that be decidedly japanese . and i love it . exactly the same be true of survive style 5. it be completely different from the usual movie i watch and the rule be break and the experience be extremely colourful and wonderfully exotic and it be decidedly japanese . and i love it too . the film focus on several story line and from the fairly tame ( the sexual confusion of a group of young friend ) and to the surreal ( the murder wife who keep return to beat up her husband in ever more bizarre way ) and to the absurd ( the man stick in a trance thinking he a bird after the hypnotist be kill ) . and beyond . the first thing that strike me be the brightness and colour of the film . the word kitsch do not do the set justice and with big pink fluffy hello kitty cuteness or neon manga esquire style . the movie be not drab in the slightest . also the film wear it japaneseness on it sleeve and which be far highlight by the inclusion of the very un japanese vinnie jones ( play a hit man who ask the question what be your purpose in life . indiscriminately to air stewardess and piece of broccoli ) . amongst all this mish mash of colour and lunacy and absurdity and and surrealism lie a a big heart . while almost completely disparate in some place and the movie end in a surprisingly satisfying manner ( in fact and it one of the best ending i could imagine for a movie so off the wall ) . maybe the film would not be to everybody taste and especially those who really do not want to try something different and but what can i say . i like to try something new once in a while and and if youre like me and this might be a tasty plate of futomaki for you .