Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

Amazon recommended this movie to me probably because I have watched a lot of Kung-Fu movies lately? I think we can relax about the singularity and A.I. for the time being. Turns out the computer who picked this one is a moron. Not that this is a bad movie, it’s just a little weak on the Kung-Fu. What it does have is a stereotypical indie film look and feel. There are lots of overly-long shots that linger on compositions that, no doubt, the director thought were gaze-worthy. If that’s what you need to do to get to feature-length, fine. Fortunately, the story of a crazy Japanese girl who’s obsessed with finding the money from Fargo had enough going for it to keep me from being bored.