Regie:
Takashi MiikeScenario:
Takeharu SakuraiCamera:
Masakazu OkaMuziek:
Kōji EndōActeurs:
Hiroki Narimiya, Mayumi Yamazaki, Takashi Miike, Takumi Saitoh, Akiyoshi Nakao, 桐谷美玲, 小日向文世, Eisuke Sasai, Minami Hamabe, Kazuki Namioka, Masami Iwasaki (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
Takashi Miike takes a highly popular videogame saga to the big screen, set in a future where criminal proceedings have become unbridled trials that can only last three days. Faced with this scenario, young attorney Phoenix Wright must manage to bring out the best in himself to solve his mentor's mysterious murder. (Sitges Film Festival)
Recensie (2)
It's a very long movie, really long. But somehow there weren't too many moments where I was really bored, where I had to look around to see what was flying where. Granted, there were a few weaker moments that the movie could have done without, but thankfully they weren't dragged out in any way. It's not a film where the plot was mysterious, the viewer had no idea whodunit until the last moment. It's as transparent as a window after spring cleaning. Only it doesn't really matter, because it's set in a very interesting environment where everyone wears ridiculous costumes, where even their gestures are exaggerated, as if they've just jumped out of a play. This makes more out of a story that is otherwise pretty basic, and grossly inadequate for such a long running time. The music wasn't bad, but in the end only the last song stuck in my mind. It's not a bad film, it even leaves you smiling at the end, you learn to say "objection" in Japanese. A weak script, good acting, great setting. Absolutely don't want to do much thinking, but still value your IQ enough to watch Czech TV series Ordinace v růžové zahradě? Try this movie. P.S.: Was it my imagination, or was Detective Itonokogiri really an homage to Aoshima? Same coat and some of the poses...
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Takashi Miike presents something that fans craving brutality might not have expected from him. This is an anime-stylized film, based on a Gameboy video game, and retains its aspects such as crazy hairstyles, excellent technological and sci-fi elements, and other factors, but also doubles as a good courtroom drama, which at times has quite the drive and an interesting plot twist. And it's not bloody at all, but rather mainstream.
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