Okusama wa, toriatsukai chui jmovie review

Look at that poster for Okusama wa, toriatsukai chui or beware of dangerous wife and tell me what it tells you? It looks like a stylish action comedy movie where the wife is also a secret agent. I did not know this was actual a jdorama series and grabbed it from dramahd because I just grab whatever jmovies they have and decided to give it a shot.

The first action scene was too dark, not that Ayase Haruka can do much action and while the main story is the is advertised as a secret agent wife movie, the real main story is about an election in a small country town, the agents being there to uncover corruption and our couple trying to make a life for themselves. In other words, it is pretty much an inaka dorama released as a spy movie.

Main impression was this movie does not have any budget. The story is set in a small rural town because they can't afford to shoot anywhere else. It feels like a jdorama instead of a movie in terms of quality and budget.

The second impression is that there is a distinct lack of humour. It looks like the drama was more comedy about a secret agent trying to be a housewife aka Gokushufudou aka Way of the househusband. This movie had me thinking who in their right mind would think this would be an entertaining movie? You need humour and that spy movie coolness but this movie has non of that.

The action scenes are bad, action is bad. There is nothing absolutely fun about the movie. No chemistry, nothing. It feels like a cheap movie to take more money from fans of the dorama which I can't be stuffed trying out now. Maybe I would have enjoyed the movie more if I had seen the dorama but I seriously doubt it. Okusama wa, toriatsukai chui is basically a boring inaka dorama. Avoid.