Title: There are so much better Japanese movies...
Product review: Like so many films today, this is one whose premise is much better than the actual film. The trailer shows you all you really need to see. Yes, it is impressive to see a bunch of random body parts suddenly coming together to form Frankenstein-like (although seamlessly put together) mutants and it is nice seeing the title character kick the crap out of a bunch of robots but the painfully slow pace of meaningless plot between these great scenes are punishing. It could do with a round of editing, reducing the length of each scene which might turn it into something worth sitting through. As for the mix of animation and live-action, it just doesn't work. It looks like when Mary Poppins and all jumped into the sea and danced with the animated fish. Save for the mutants, the acting isn't as bad as most current Japanese SF flicks but that is a mixed blessing.
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