Edgar de la Cambriole: L'Or de Babylone

First and only feature film where our beloved Lupin III wears his flamboyant pink Jacket.

"The Legend of the Gold of Babylon", the third Lupin movie, is the one that represents the third series of the famous gentleman thief in the cinema. Successor of the much better known and loved: "the castle of Cagliostro", still remains one of Lupin's least appreciated films. It was such a flop at the time that it convinced the producers not to redesign the pink jacket again. With some small exceptions in the future.

There isn't much to say about the film itself, the premises of the plot are good and at times the film is pleasant and manages to capture the viewer's attention.

Unfortunately, the flaws far outweigh the merits.

The drawings are not the most inspired, they refer to the style of the third series, but personally I find them mediocre and even a little crooked. The plot could be interesting, but it is badly told, messed up and difficult to follow sometimes; more serious moments alternate with extremely stupid moments. Action scenes alternate with scenes straight out of cartoons like "Tom & Jerry". Above all, as the movie progresses, more and more trivial elements are added, which confuse the whole thing even more.

Summing up: "the legend of the gold of Babylon" is certainly not a great movie. If you watch it without too many expectations, it might not disappoint you that much and still entertain you.

If you are a Lupin fan, I still recommend you to watch it, even if only for completeness. And because it's the only film where Lupine wears the pink jacket. But if you want to see a good movie, I advise you to choose another one.

Good vision.

Terrible Lupin mainly because if I'd seen this one first I probably would never have bothered with the rest - which if you are reading this and wondering about Lupin - are vastly superior. Lupin himself is reduced to a ridiculous figure one minute scrambling up walls to avoid an old woman's sexual advances then deriding Zenigata by having an incredibly boring motorbike race or something over a giant vertical face (It has to be seen to be believed - what were they thinking!) So please do not judge Lupin on this piece of trash - watch some of the others which are great fun.

The plot is very predicable with Lupin 'working out' where the gold of Babylon is without any use of intelligence - it was pretty obvious about 30mins earlier before he headed off to Iraq. The aliens plot device bit is insane and adds nothing - maybe the Indy Jones Crystal Skull debacle was based on this! All in all get hold of any other Lupin and you will have a much better time.

'Lupin III: The Gold of Babylon' has somewhat of a bad reputation among Lupin fans, and it is not all that hard to see why. Personally didn't think it was that bad, but for a Lupin film it is disappointing.

Have to agree that 'Gold of Babylon' is one of the weaker Lupin films, and that it has nothing on the previous two Lupin films. The very impressive first feature film of his, 'The Secret (goes under Mystery too depending on where you're from) of Mamo', despite a confused and strange final third it is the boldest Lupin film and the most faithful perhaps to the manga. And the outstanding 'The Castle of Cagliostro' (my first Lupin film and my favourite), also one of my favourite animated films and Lupin at his funniest and most exciting. It is watchable, though really for Lupin completests as a one-time viewing.

Starting with the good things, most of the animation is not bad. The backgrounds are nicely detailed and fluid and the colours are lively. The music score is dynamic, beautiful and groovy and a good fit with what's going on.

As always, Lupin's friends are very entertaining and it is hard not to image a Lupin film without film because they add so much. Some of the action is fun, if never on the same level as the helicopter, police and lorry chase in 'The Secret of Mamo' and particularly the opening chase sequence in 'The Castle of Cagliostro'. The voice acting is quite good.

On the other hand, while the rest of the animation is not bad, the character designs are quite ugly and sloppy in movement. Particularly for the secondary characters, that are more at home in heavily stylised US animation. For those wanting humour and excitement, they will find themselves a little short-changed, there are odd splashes of humorous moments but too far and between and other action-oriented parts lack lustre (for a big Lupin chase sequence, this one is pretty pedestrian).

Zenigata served very little point to the story and his subplot added nothing and felt rather irrelevant and the villain is shamefully underused and incredibly dull. Lupin is at his least likable and most annoying (when he is usually fun and charismatic) and there are stereotypes that won't bode well.

Faring weakest here is the story, which has far too many uncomfortably bizarre touches that feel misplaced for Lupin and a lot of it is ludicrous and even for Lupin implausible. Then there is the final act, where the weird completely spirals out of control and the final twist is bizarrely ridiculous.

In conclusion, has one-time completest watchability value but far too strange and proof that not everything to do with Lupin turns to gold. 5/10 Bethany Cox

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This might be the weirdest Lupin film I ever watched until now. The first half of the film feels like being under acids, with the motorbike chase on a mechanical moving face, Goemon cutting a lightning, and the old lady. I personally don't like the drawings in this one, Fujiko looks different but not too bad, and as for the Italian dub some parts aren't translated. The action isn't missing at all, but both drawings and story are weird and of the ones I watched this was the less interesting film so far. The film isn't bad but great either, not all Lupin films can be great.

Tho in this film Lupin actually gets to kiss Fujiko for once, that's definitely the best part!

If you are like me, after watching "Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro" by Miyazaki, you were excited to see what else Lupin had to offer. This movie marks a drastic drop in quality from that film. Not just in animation, but likewise in characters and story.

This is a very strange movie. It follows a lot of the same bullet points of a Lupin III adventure, but all with some bizarre twist. The first chase scene gives the audience a good idea of the crazy tone that this movie has.

At a certain point you have to just give into the madness of the story. For that reason, my favorite part of the movie is the end. I won't spoil it here, but it's almost like Lupin goes to learn a lesson, but then immediately undoes it all.

It is not gold, its more like...Beryllium.