Reviewed by Made in DNA (made_in_dna@hotmail.com)

Publisher: Uplink Available at: J-List Cost: $60 US Video quality: Superb. A top-notch visual explosion. "H" factor: Lust enducingly erotic. Sex: A wide range of sexual experinces for all preferences. Overview: Sex in Future Tokyo

"This is not Love. This is Sex."

In the 21st century, the Genom Corporation creates a "race" of biological entities called I.K.U. Coders. Their mission, to enhance the human sexual experience through experimentation of their own. Via special data collectors, these Gen-XXX biologicals roam the neon-flesh night in search of the ultimate pleasures. To retrieve the data collected, special I.K.U. Runner Units were created. They hunt the I.K.U. Coders with extreme prejudice and lust.

That's the introduction to this mind-blazing film by Taiwanese-born director Shu Lea Cheang, a media maven with no fixed address, who wanders the world and the media streams of other cultures to her latest projects.

At the outset, it's difficult to know what to expect from this film; is it a film? Is it AV? Is there a plot, or at least a method to this madness? While it would be pushing it to say that there is a plot in this movie, there certainly is a plot device: sex! And it works very well. It would be better to say that this feature is a movie length group of vignettes based on several popular sci-fi movies, both Western and Japanese. And that it closely resembles the ecstasy shown in adult movie theaters across America (and assumably Europe). And though it blatantly rips off other movies, at least it makes no excuses. Moreover, it does it with it's own unique twist and sexuality that will absolutely not be denied. Guaranteed, this is unlike any other Japanese film currently in print.

The I.K.U. Coders have no prejudices or sexual hang ups. They have no preferences or limitations. They only have the desire to collect their data in a new millennium Japan enmeshed in underground playgrounds where Tokyo Rose is queen, shady parking lot drug deals where cross dressers fly high, streetside cardboard boxes cum messianic temples of lust, and coffin hotels that sell clean underwear from vending machines. Groove with this stylized record of seven different Reiko I.K.U. models as they parallel port mankind's deepest desires and lusts. This is William Gibson's mind on drugs. Any questions?

This is one of the most erotic films ever. If you see it, see it with someone you love (or at least lust). Gauranteed it will turn everyone in the room on. And when it does, just let it roll. Let it enhance the experience of sharing when the moment comes.

Filmed in 4:3 format for excellent quality. Tons of extra features including a "making of", trailers, cut scenes, an interview with the Taiwanese-born director Shu Lea Cheang (in English), and features the AV talents of Maria Yumeno and Miho Ariga. 74 minutes. IKU Project contains lesbian and bi-curious sexual themes.