Hosts Josh and Jamie and special returning guest Perry Ruhland discuss expertly directed, unconventional 90s crime thrillers about five guys in the criminal underworlds of Japan and Hong Kong teaming up to do a job and it not quite going to plan in Takashi Ishii's ruthlessly bleak yakuza heist-horror hybrid GONIN (1995) and Johnnie To's artfully controlled triad hangout movie THE MISSION (1999). 

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Intro // 00:00-13:03
GONIN // 13:03-1:24:59
MISSION // 1:24:59-2:36:07
Outro // 2:36:07-2:40:24

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319 - GONIN (1995) + THE MISSION (1999) ft. Perry Ruhland

Welcome fellow SLEAZOIDS!!! Come along as hosts Josh Lewis and Jamie Miller (and, occasionally, guests) go down the rabbit hole of 20th century genre fare from the most influential canon classics to the the trashiest exploitation films we can get our hands on. Each week is a double feature—grindhouse style—where we discuss two films loosely related by subject, genre, actor, filmmaker or franchise and at the end of each episode, along with our HONORARY SLEAZOIDS (click on over to our patreon to become one), we decide on ratings and rankings for each film that's covered. Join us as together we work to uncover the best genre films of 20th century.

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