Casshern
Casshern
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Casshern

Casshern

2004
Drama, Sci-fi
2h 22m
Live-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name (Shinzo Ningen Casshân). Theme song by Utada Hikaru. (imdb)

Casshern

2004
Drama, Sci-fi
2h 22m
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Avg Percentile 36.72% from 394 total ratings

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Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
61st
The Japanese equivalent of the Dune movie, in that they condense about 50 hours of plot and hippy philosophy into a 2 hour movie. Still did a pretty good job.
Rated 17 Feb 2011
50
52nd
Starts off as quite a sumptuous if overly melodramatic dystopian sci-fi movie. About 1/3 of the way through it suddenly changes into emo Power Rangers and things stop making any sense. People develop super flying powers, characters suddenly appear in places where they weren't 2 minutes ago, people walk out of explosions unscathed. Utter nonsense, but it's just about watchable because of the glorious look of the movie.
Rated 29 Dec 2009
65
45th
A failure which is still admirable in what it tried to do, an anime adaptation that emphasises its seriousness in a way that is trying to be thoughtful, not necessarily because of its anti-war message but because of the humanity of the heroes and villains, and attempted to combined human actors with CGI to create a living animation. The result is an utter mess, with a plot far too large to sufficiently work in 2½ hours, and its incomprehensible fight sequences, but I'm glad for its existence.
Rated 04 Nov 2007
25
2nd
The cover of this movie quotes a critic saying that it's better than both the Matrix sequels combined. That is blatantly incorrect. There are some good action sequences in this movie (maybe about 15 minutes worth altogether), but they don't live up to the action scenes in the Matrix. Furthermore, it suffers from the characteristically ephemeral (and for me unintelligible) Japanese storyline. Not worth watching for anything other than the action sequences...
Rated 14 Aug 2007
73
41st
Cool graphics, and the plot is relatively well kept together at the start, but I just felt it began to deteriorate. They could have turned it into a trilogy, although I doubt I would have watched all three. The fight scenes were nothing special, the dialogue is cliched, and the continual deadpan look of the scientist is frustrating.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
45th
good but too fucking long
Rated 03 Sep 2022
66
30th
Visually sumptuous and always a pleasure to look at; if only the plot were a little clearer, and the characters more appealing, this might have edged up into masterpiece territory - not quite sure I understood much if anything on the first viewing, but would certainly welcome a second viewing to sort it out; a confounding but intriguing effort.
Rated 13 Jan 2018
75
18th
Steam Punk, futuristic dystopia crossed with Eraserhead. I lost my way in the movie a couple of times but if you just hold on and enjoy the ride its quite fun.
Rated 11 Aug 2012
8
73rd
While difficult to understand , Casshern is simply an awesome picture that will develop a huge following over the years. Take the time to understand this, and you should love it. It is NOT a happy picture though, and is very emotional in tone.
Rated 01 May 2012
70
8th
Confusing.
Rated 13 Oct 2011
25
61st
"The semiotic noise of this juiced-up virtual exhibit doesn't exactly ask to be discerned." - Ed Gonzalez
Rated 12 Aug 2011
60
18th
It feels like an anime. But not a very good one.
Rated 27 Jul 2010
22
11th
The perfect movie for dumb 12-year old boys. Nonsensical to the extreme, terrible CGI, and one of the villains is a mongoloid to boot. Classy.
Rated 28 Feb 2010
40
8th
Kind of esthetic but the movie as a whole left me indifferent and bored.
Rated 22 Jul 2009
5
54th
Visually thrilling but thats it. When there isn't some badass action going on (a majority of the film) it is either extremely boring or profoundly confusing. A shame really...
Rated 11 Jun 2009
61
45th
Fantasy "young hero saves world" story. OK
Rated 20 Apr 2009
100
0th
Casshern's cinematic recipe is heavy on anti-war sentiment and Shakespearean tragedy, and surprisingly light on over-the-top action sequences. The action scenes are indeed few and far between, giving way instead to actual storytelling. The storytelling is only surpassed by the visually stunning world where it's played out, having been filmed virtually on a green-screened backdrop. I'd recommend the longer cut version, as the standard US 'director's cut' has poor Japanese to English translation.
Rated 06 Apr 2009
55
24th
I did not understand what the heck is going on there.
Rated 12 Mar 2009
2
39th
Flashes of brilliance amidst a lot of terrible.
Rated 25 Jan 2009
50
15th
Not even all the eye candy in the world can make up for such a generic and poorly written story.
Rated 11 Jul 2008
65
36th
this movie had some tight action scenes and good potential. but it was way too long. more for fans of anime.
Rated 24 Jun 2008
70
11th
This movie is so nice artistic exhibition, that I would have wished to see it being high... But I have seen it sober and I feel so lost in story not only because of its length... This is movie full of allegory.
Rated 27 May 2008
55
34th
Beautiful, yes. Rich in story, no.
Rated 27 Feb 2008
28
6th
ger; mit genexperimenten soll die menschheit gerettet werden, doch dabei entstehen die bösen neo-sapiens
Rated 01 Oct 2007
67
27th
Too...big, too much. You get sort of overwhelmed by all the huge, swelling music, epic speeches and crazy action. I mean it's beautiful and stylish and all that, but, let's maybe just take it down a notch?
Rated 17 Aug 2007
100
99th
Everything I love about movies comes together in Casshern. An audio visual experience like no other.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
68th
Stunning and complex.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
3
28th
Every hurtful cliche of Japanese pop culture loaded into one anime-inspired, superpowered, robot-packed bundle of semi-goodness!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
12th
Boring except for a few parts distinctively not in the middle, but not near the end.
Rated 16 Jul 2007
35
8th
All flash, no substance.
Rated 03 Mar 2007
37
4th
This could have been a good movie if they'd spent more money on making the plot even vaguely comprehensible and less on cramming in every visual effect they could think of. Basically, Casshern would have been pretty good if it had been a different movie.

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