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Title:
  Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade - Special Edition

UK Distributor:  N/A (US release reviewed)

BBFC Certificate:  N/A

Suggested Retail Price (SRP):  $59.99 (around £40)

Running Time:  142mins (approx.)

Audio Options:  Japanese DTS, English 5.1, Japanese 5.1

Subtitles:  English

Reviewer:  Tom (Webmaster)

 

I have to disagree with Rich on this one.  Although the animation is indeed fantastic and completely hand-drawn (unbelievably), this does not make up for the slow moving and boring plot.

It starts of promisingly with a nuclear explosion (always good) but a lot of film is just Fuse looking miserable and moping around.  The ‘political intrigue’ is as about intriguing as the Conservative party and at no point did I care about what was going on.

Admittedly I didn’t see the ending coming either and although it does make sense of the film, I had become very bored at this point.  Boring characters, boring plot and just boring all round.

Considering how drawn out this film is I feel that it would have benefited from being a short film (like Blood: The Last Vampire) as the plot could easily be rounded up into about forty minutes.  This at least would have made it faster moving and given the film a sense of panic, which it sorely needed when you consider the danger that the characters are in.

I agree with Rich on one thing – it is not an anime to watch after the pub. But then I wouldn’t recommend it for before the pub either.

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