exposition with nothing visually interesting happening on the screen. What little there is of the story is given through large, boring It might help to be acquainted with the characters and their backstories beforehand, but the movie doesn't even try to explain its own universe. The plot is confusing whether you are familiar with the show or not. This isn't inherently a bad thing, of course, but it comes off as following the current trend of gritty remakes instead of trying to understand its source material.

The movie is a darker, 'realistic' reimagining on the series and its characters. (Source: Production I.G Official Website)Īs a large fan of the Cyborg 009 series, this movie felt like a personal offense.

So He gave unto man an opportunity to atone for his misdeeds and flame and smoke and the roar of a lion descended upon earth and shattered the many towers to dust.' Scattering across the land and laying it to waste, man turned a deaf ear to His Voice. But those who dwelt upon the land, through vanity, cunning and greed, attempted to build a multitude of towers whose tops reached unto heaven, and accumulated great wealth on earth. 'In the beginning was the Voice, and the word was Him and all obeyed His word in great awe. Decades later, the nine cyborgs seem to be untouched by time, but they live in a world where 'justice' has as many nuances as the number of people living on the planet. The nine cyborgs rebel and start to fight against their creators in the name of justice and world peace. Nine regular humans from different parts of the world are abducted and transformed into cyborgs with astounding powers for the purpose of being used as weapons.

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