Perhaps watch it if you're looking for something hilariously bad and confusing, but otherwise I recommend you skip it entirely. There's not much to say about the other characters, as they didn't get much screen time.Īll in all, I'm giving this movie a 1 for all around poor story, poor animation, and poor characters. Francoise meanwhile has been shoehorned into a sex symbol being the series only main female character, complete with a pointless, uncomfortably long scene of her in lingerie making out with Joe. Jet has been turned into an extreme asshole with far worse of an attitude than we've ever seen before, and has lost his defining physical features. What is bad, however, is their treatment. It wasn't memorable or anything, but it wasn't terrible and at least upped the hype a little at certain points in the film.Īs far as the characters go in this movie, they themselves are not bad. The animation is at its best when there's a lot of action going on screen - but considering RE's love for characters talking to one another about the scarce plot, satisfying fights are few and far between.Īs far as sound goes, this is one of the only things I don't have any real qualms with. The art is a strange hybrid of CGI and 2D, which makes for a lot of blank staring and jerky movement. All of this is topped with a near comically vague ending. ![]() Questions constantly asked throughout the film are only ever answered with a character shrugging their shoulders, then are never addressed again. exposition with nothing visually interesting happening on the screen. What little there is of the story is given through large, boring It might help to be acquainted with the characters and their backstories beforehand, but the movie doesn't even try to explain its own universe. The plot is confusing whether you are familiar with the show or not. This isn't inherently a bad thing, of course, but it comes off as following the current trend of gritty remakes instead of trying to understand its source material. The movie is a darker, 'realistic' reimagining on the series and its characters. (Source: Production I.G Official Website)Īs a large fan of the Cyborg 009 series, this movie felt like a personal offense. So He gave unto man an opportunity to atone for his misdeeds and flame and smoke and the roar of a lion descended upon earth and shattered the many towers to dust." Scattering across the land and laying it to waste, man turned a deaf ear to His Voice. But those who dwelt upon the land, through vanity, cunning and greed, attempted to build a multitude of towers whose tops reached unto heaven, and accumulated great wealth on earth. "In the beginning was the Voice, and the word was Him and all obeyed His word in great awe. Decades later, the nine cyborgs seem to be untouched by time, but they live in a world where "justice" has as many nuances as the number of people living on the planet. ![]() The nine cyborgs rebel and start to fight against their creators in the name of justice and world peace. ![]() We look forward to welcoming director Kenji Kamiyama and producer Tomohiko Ishii to join us for a Q&A following the screening.Nine regular humans from different parts of the world are abducted and transformed into cyborgs with astounding powers for the purpose of being used as weapons. 009 Re:Cyborg has had many incarnations since its early days as a manga phenomenon in the 1960s, through to a number of TV series and films, but Kamiyama and Production I.G have created a unique contemporary anime using computer technology but with a hand drawn sensibility. They appear untouched by time, but society around them has changed dramatically, as has the idea of justice and they are forced to confront whether they still have role to play in this new world. The nine heroes gather once again to fight against this faceless menace. In 2013, skyscrapers across the world are hit by bombers with no apparent connection. But as their struggle finally restores world peace, they eventually disappear from the pages of history and from people's memory. They rebel and start to fight against their creators in the name of justice. In 1964, nine regular humans from different parts of the world are abducted and transformed into cyborgs with astounding powers for the purpose of being used as weapons. With voices of Mamoru Miyano, Daisuke Ono, Chiwa Salto
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