Fullmetal Alchemist

Original title: Hagane no renkinjutsushi

2017
13
2h 15m

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

21K

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Fumiyo Kohinata, Jun Kunimura, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Yô Ôizumi, Ryûta Satô, Kanata Hongô, Shinji Uchiyama, Misako Renbutsu, Ryôsuke Yamada, Dean Fujioka, Natsuna, Tsubasa Honda, and Atom Mizuishi in Fullmetal Alchemist (2017)

Two alchemist brothers go on a quest for the Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their dead mother goes horribly wrong.

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Two alchemist brothers go on a quest for the Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their dead mother goes horribly wrong.Two alchemist brothers go on a quest for the Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their dead mother goes horribly wrong.Two alchemist brothers go on a quest for the Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their dead mother goes horribly wrong.

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

21K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Atom Mizuishi was brought on as a motion-capture actor for Alphonse Elric. Director Fumihiko Sori was so impressed with his performance that he cast Mizuishi as Alphonse's voice actor too, with approval from Alphonse's original voice actor Rie Kugimiya.

Goofs
In the manga and anime, Edward Elric (Ryosuke Yamada) is shown as coming up to only the shoulders of the major supporting characters (Roy Mustang, Riza Hawkeye, and Maes Hughes, for example). In this movie, not only is he a lot closer to the heights of the supporting characters, he is also taller than Winry Rockbell (Tsubasa Honda).

Quotes
[from trailer]
Edward Elric: [to his brother] promise I'll get our bodies back.

Crazy credits
After the first part of credits, there is a scene where Envy's burned up body starts cracking and a little green animal exits from it, then runs away.

Connections
Featured in The Month in Movies: February 2018 (2018)

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Featured review

5/10

Surprisingly okay

I was skeptical of this movie, to say the least. As a huge fan of both animes and the original manga, I doubted that Fumihiko Sori and his crew could do Hiromu Arakawa's masterpiece any kind of justice.

However, the end result is surprisingly okay. Sure, the CGI tends to be an eyesore, the acting is all over the place, and some characters aren't remotely similar to their badass manga/anime counterparts (here's lookin' at you, Riza). But on the whole, this film kind of works. The screenwriters made good choices in terms of what to adapt and how to fit it all together, and some characters (mainly Hughes, portrayed by Ryuta Sato) work really well.

Most importantly, the film has heart. I get the feeling that Fumihiko Sori and c:o genuinely cared about the adaptation, and that ain't nothin'. It's an ambitious production, though arguably an overly ambitious one.

FAR from a perfect adaptation, and nowhere near as good as the animes or manga, but it's not an insult to the original story, and not a bad way to spend two hours of your life.