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Casshern Reviews

2004

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It is late in the 21st century. After 50 years of devastating war between Europa and the Eastern Federation, the latter has emerged victorious, and the new federation of Eurasia is formed. There can be no glorious peace, however, as the planet has been ravaged by chemical, biological and even nuclear weapons and the entire .. Read more

Starring	Yusuke Iseya, Kumiko Aso, Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi
Director	Kazuaki Kiriya
Genres	Sci-Fi/Fantasy, World Cinema

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- Adapted from a 25-part anime TV series made in the early â70s, this Japanese computer-generated science-fiction... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
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  Excellent movie
  
  I really enjoyed this movie. A friend of mine had shown me a preview for it before the movie was released in Japan and I made it a goal to find the movie once ... read more »
  
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  - 1
  Overly pretentious
  
  The film starts with a decent premise, a straight forward sci-fi plot about a dystopian future. Its shot deliberately in the style of an Anime, but this doesn&#... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 25 May 2011 at 14:32
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  neoroids' dilemma
  
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  Casshern: robot hunter. This epic comics style science fiction has as central idea the so-called neo cell, which is supposedly the origin of everything human. ... read more »
  
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- - juradino
  - 701 reviews
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  - 13 Apr 2011 at 18:08
- - 2
  - 0
  easily the best film ever made
  
  this is easily the best film i have ever seen, the art style and the pace are a real treat, even one scene is clearly shot twice and both feature in the film in... read more »
  
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- - malachi216
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  - 22 Jan 2011 at 13:04
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  a good idea executed badly
  
  Title says it all really.
  
  Why do some directors find it necassary to cut to one million different angles during action scenes. It was so bad during ... read more »
  
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- - AvidGamer
  - 6 reviews
  - East Yorkshire
  - 20 Jan 2011 at 10:58
- - 3
  - 2
  Dated Melodrama
  
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  Perhaps it's the translation, but this came over, ultimately, as a jumble of over-stylised cliches.
  
  I considered just plain turning this off on a... read more »
  
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- - HolidayPirate
  - 1 review
  - Strathaven
  - 29 Aug 2010 at 00:48
- - 4
  - 0
  Deeply profound and visually stunning - words cannot describe the beauty of this film!
  
  An absolutely stunning distopian future that cuts straight to the core of social disfunction and the less than apparent (but superficial) conflict between ... read more »
  
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- - tunnelweb
  - 188 reviews
  - Hamilton
  - 18 Oct 2009 at 17:08
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  Casshern
  
  A friend suggested I'd like Casshern, and I can see why they would. It can be described as a Japanese sci-fi epic; with similarities to the Matrix (and ... read more »
  
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- - CJH
  - 159 reviews
  - Dundee
  - 09 Oct 2009 at 14:07
- - 0
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  Disappointing, mainly due to bad captioning.
  
  Many have reviewed this title proclaiming it to be pretentious and overblown.
  
  It's based on an old Manga tale!
  
  What did you expect?read more »
  
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- - greasykid1
  - 8 reviews
  - Birmingham, UK
  - 03 Aug 2009 at 10:02
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  Matrix not visited
  
  The only thing I liked about this film was the way they scratched the film with shapes to make up for the power-rangers on speed acting. I guess this is some ... read more »
  
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- - atza
  - 7 reviews
  - Oxford
  - 13 Jun 2009 at 18:57
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  One of the Best Sci Fi's ever!
  
  I had my reservations about the film prior to watching it, as it was all subtitled and looked a bit weird. But then the storyline behind the film looked ... read more »
  
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  - 08 May 2009 at 23:49
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- - 43
  - 12
  Excellent movie
  
  I really enjoyed this movie. A friend of mine had shown me a preview for it before the movie was released in Japan and I made it a goal to find the movie once ... read more »
  
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  - Manchester
  - 07 Apr 2005 at 10:12
- - 26
  - 9
  Avoid - Confused and dull
  
  Overblown, pretentious, dull, confused and simplisticly preachy. You end up neither caring about the characters or the outcome of the film. There's no ... read more »
  
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  - Manchester, UK
  - 03 Jun 2005 at 13:01
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  - 7
  Overblown, tedious, and ridiculous
  
  This over-extended, pretentious and incomprehensible Japanese sci-fi film is one of the worst films I've seen in a long time - even worse than the equally ... read more »
  
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- - Jon
  - London
  - 01 Jun 2005 at 08:08
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  - 4
  Giant... robots. Nuff said.
  
  Anyone still doubting that CGI deserves a place in modern movie making may want to check out this truly epic tale from Asia because for sheer scope and beauty ... read more »
  
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- - adiw
  - Leicestershire
  - 17 Feb 2005 at 20:20
- - 9
  - 0
  The right way to use computers
  
  A superb sci-fi/anime crossover that is being unjustly pulled apart by a) kids who expect big-eyed anime and pokemon plots and b) cretins who don't realise ... read more »
  
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- - Death Fish II
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  - 25 Oct 2005 at 09:30
- - 9
  - 2
  Brilliant
  
  This film had me riveted from beginning to end, although I must confess to being a bit lost at times it did all come together for me in the end. I would highly ... read more »
  
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- - COOLCOW
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  - 24 May 2005 at 19:34
- - 9
  - 3
  Well there's 2 and a half hours of my life I'll never get back!
  
  This ia a film with a very High opinion of itself. It truly believes itself to be deep and meaningful and clever (just look there are bits in black and white... read more »
  
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- - Nicholas Forro
  - Kent, England
  - 26 Aug 2005 at 03:56
- - 6
  - 3
  Visually stunning
  
  Manga based story with loads of sci-fi action and a good anti-war message
  
  Looks like 1984/Brazil/Metropolis in style.
  
  One of the new wave ... read more »
  
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  - zzzzzz
  - 112 reviews
  - at home
  - 09 Feb 2005 at 14:18
- - 5
  - 2
  Craziness
  
  At times beautiful to watch, this film nevertheless left me feeling like I didn't know what on Earth was going on. Fantastic styling and rich imaginative ... read more »
  
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- - DocHammond
  - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  - 12 May 2005 at 13:30
- - 4
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  Deeply profound and visually stunning - words cannot describe the beauty of this film!
  
  An absolutely stunning distopian future that cuts straight to the core of social disfunction and the less than apparent (but superficial) conflict between ... read more »
  
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  - 18 Oct 2009 at 17:08

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Critics' reviews
- Adapted from a 25-part anime TV series made in the early â70s, this Japanese computer-generated science-fiction... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
- Better than both Matrix sequels put together - a truly stunning Sci-Fi masterpiece.
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- - News Of The World
  - 29 Jan 2006 at 16:11
- A dizzying mix of thought provoking drama and mind-blowing visuals.
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- A sumptuous and exotic brain melt of a movie.
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  It is late in the 21st century. After 50 years of devastating war between Europa and the Eastern Federation, the latter has emerged victorious, and the new federation of Eurasia is formed. There can be no glorious peace, however, as the planet has been ravaged by chemical, biological and even ...