Overview: In THE BEAST HAND, Osamu - a Japanese day laborer - is forced into a lifestyle of crime. Unfortunately, when he crosses the wrong gangsters, they punish him by Sword, amputating his left hand in the process.

Osamu’s ex-girlfriend Koyuki takes him to an underground Doctor deep in the dark bowels of the city to attempt a transplant. But the new hand has a mind of its own, much to the dismay of the gangsters responsible - as Osamu pursues his revenge.

Blu-ray Verdict: From the master Taichiro Natsume, who himself once brought forth into our cinematic consciences both Love Shark and Convex Attack!! Psychic Research Team Kachikomi 3, we now get the renowned Japanese director’s latest, albeit less gory than we have seen from him before look into the murkly underground world of crime and violence.

Struggling with his subservience to his nasty former accomplice Akira (Yota Kawase), and with his hand having been cut off for his rebellious acts, ex-convict Osamu (Takahiro Fukuya) is now a man on a mission; a man possessed, you might say!

An adaptation of Maurice Renard’s obscure 1920 novel The Hands of Orlac, what we get here is a fun tale of retribution that features all the usual aspects of brutal fights, broken bones, sociopathic sadism and extreme sexual violence - and most all that is dispensed by Akira himself!

In short, The Beast Hand is a rather jolly, psychopathic adventure where if you just sit back and allow it to show itself to you, and not delve too deeply into some of the plot holes and bad special effects, you will end up knowing you have had a great movie viewing time, trust me.

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