sonatine be a great illustration of the contrast between american and japanese film . though the onscreen violence be graphic and sudden and it be rare and always purpose . the film be often quiet and still and with very subtle humor . beat takeshi have create an anti action flick and free of a huge soundtrack and consistent one liner and whose grace be muddle only by awkwardly translate subtitling . sonatine be the not the movie the re release advertising make it out to be . not what you would expect .