justicewillprevail

Interesting enough premise, but squandered by snail's pace. Unless you have never seen the time loop premise of Groundhog Day, this is hardly as original and 10x the runtime for about the same amount of plot.

Feels like Naruto filler writer was given free rein to write plot for useless police investigations and side character arcs. Pro tip: you can essentially get the full story on Netflix by skipping all the scenes where main leads aren't on the bus.

Long lingering shots, random rules of time shifts and nose bleeds just detract from what's supposed to be a mystery thriller. The actors all do what they can, given the repeated dialogue and constant flashbacks.

All in all, fairly mid drama. If you want Chinese science fiction, go watch 3 body problem instead.

It's just massively overrated. Strip away the me too androgyny, you'll find the basic plot makes zero sense. Bad guy has weak motivation to do PLOT DEVICE, while Nimona has precious little reason to stick around.

Maybe the most groundbreaking thing is the openly gay main character in a cartoon for prepubescent kids? That's fine by me, but honestly the gayness wasn't integral to the plot either (it's not a romance).

Only bright spots are that it's well animated and voice acting is top notch. As an adult, I liked the dirty jokes you'll find if you're looking.

TL;DR version - weak plot, not for kids. Well executed otherwise.

To enjoy this, fully suspend disbelief and be a fan of the John Wick series. Without spoiling the plot, let's just say that the script is highly inconsistent in terms of basic plot points.

For example, are you high tech (face recognition) or low tech (phone tracing)? Are you heavily guarded, or not a guard in sight?

What's good though are the action scenes and acting, given the weak material and dialogue. Ended up being invested to the end, thanks in part to the short runtime.

Overall, a decent entry into the mindless revenge category, with a more plausible motivation than "you killed my dog".