Angel_Peter

This movie is a slow starter, which is not really always a bad thing. But unfortunately it does not really go anywhere seriously. A lot of plot points are started but not really explored or dealt with in any meaningful way.

To add that there is very little character development in the 2 of the 3 main characters. No real purpose of the 2 of the characters. Shintarô Katsu carries the movie, but even his talent cannot replace a story.

Ken Takakura has a role that even his charisma cannot make interesting. Being completely uninterested in everything is rarely interesting.

The ending made me feel like I had just wasted 1½ hour of my life. I could see why it could end this way but why try to tell a story and end it that way. So even though a lot of screen time for 3 actors I cherish I cannot recommend it to other people than those that like to make up their own story.

First I am not really sure who the target audience to this movie is. But it is a lighthearted fantasy movie even though the subject is to stop 7 devils that run havoc in the mortal world.

Start is a bit implausible in many ways. But if you can live with that and don't mind this is a movie with magic/divine powers then it may be entertainment for you. Fighting is nowhere realistic even compared to normal martial arts movies.

You will not see anything groundbreaking here. But if you just want to click off your brain and be entertained without too high demands then it may be for you. It did succeeded in giving me a good time on a very bad day.

I was actually enjoying the movie in the start, but I found the story kept running in circles and the same fight too many times for it to be interesting. Cast is good enough though but story and character development should have been a bit more in focus.

I did not find the martial arts in the movie exceptional. It was fine and ok but nothing I have not seen more interesting. I cannot say too much about the camera work and so on as the copy I saw was quite poor.

So if the movie is on a tv screen in front of you then give it a chance. Otherwise it is not a movie I would spend time looking for.