PlatinumRead Just so...so bad

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Tweekums Set fifty years after a devastating war which saw the Eastern Federation defeat Europa civilisation is still in ruins. Rebels are still fighting and the world is heavily polluted. Dr Azuma announces that he has found a way to regenerate any human organ using 'neo-cells'. While his research goes ahead his son is killed fighting in the army. Something goes wrong when lightning strikes the laboratory; it creates entire people; so called Neo-Sapiens. Those who escape kidnap Dr Azuma's wife and flee to the mountains. Meanwhile Dr Azuma uses his research to bring his son Tetsuya back to life. He is no longer an ordinary person though; he now has superhuman strength. It isn't long before the Neo Sapiens have built a robot army and are trying to wipe out humanity and Tetsuya is leading the fight to stop them.It must be said that this film looks great; it has a CGI-steampunk aesthetic and frequently looks like a pop video might be like if it had been directed by Fritz Lang. Unfortunately it is also a bit of a mess plot wise; at time it felt as if the makers thought up something that would look great without necessarily being able to explain why it was happening. The basic story is solid but the way it was told frequently left me a little confused about what was going on. I can't say how it compares to the original anime as I've not seen it; only 'Casshern Sins' that was made after this and is quite different. I'd recommend this to fans of the genre but wouldn't call it a must see.These comments are based on watching the film in Japanese with English subtitles.

infinityryvus The movie itself is not so terribly bad (fight scenes are nice anyway), if you consider that it's a Japanese sci-fi action. The (very near) cheesiness and exaggeration of effects comes with the territory, and eventually you just come to appreciate it for what it is.But there is a reason why you can't just take the movie as an entity of creativity in and of itself: it's a remake.For those who consume Japanese Animation, you might have come across a gem of action/sci-fi which blazed into US markets at a time when anime of worth was hard to come by, and when one did find it, the tapes were astronomically priced. That title being "Casshan: Robot Hunter". There are differences between this movie and Casshan other than one being animated. The main difference being the attempt in Casshern to create a human character. In Casshan, the protagonist gives up his humanity to become an androidish entity in order to stop the Black King which his father created. In doing so, he sacrifices love, life, etc, and the anime shows this even in the middle of mayhem and destruction, and quite well considering what its premise is. Casshern however, makes an attempt which is ill conceived and executed, replacing the source of "cool factor" with something nearing mysticism in the form of weird lightning, which just becomes a stretch to even begin to explain. Father's cybernetic creation? Alright, I'll bite. Father's odd experiment on a dying race of people who crawl back from death (oh yes, they might as well be zombies) with the aid of a strange lightning bolt? It gets a resounding: "um.... OK?" with a quizzical brow.If they hadn't tried to create such a human element within the movie, it would have been amazing. The fight scenes are actually pretty good, even if they are just CG live action copies of the animated version's. But since you've been warned and informed (including jaded opinion), go watch it for yourself.

mark_waters01 I/ve just watched this film on SBS at 2am. This film will go down as a Japanese classic simply because it covers so many aspects of life outside the film than in. The ending left me speechless and i cannot wait to see this film on a surround sound set up. Truly one of the best modern sci fi classics i have seen in a long time. Brilliant. 10 out of 10. I loved how they used the theme that humans were the ones to blame for the existence of the human race. Kinda calling the kettle black. Plus blaming ancestors for the way the world is today is a bit harsh. Evolution is evolution. But the old us versus them debate once again became the center of the movie were simple existence between the two is the simple answer!

Carlos Sinuhe Martinez Vallarta First off, I found this film to be the best movie I've seen in my life, I'm not a Japanese fan of some sort, I'm just the movie-watching guy who likes cinema. I went into this film expecting to watch amazing battles and visual effects that would blow my mind, and indeed I found them, but I came up realizing it was much more than just that, but a film that encompasses every aspect of war, and not just that but also about human behavior and a theory on the creation of life. The film combines everything: action, drama, beautiful photography, Sci-Fi and a solid storyline you must watch several times to fully understand this marvel of film.The best movie I've seen in my entire life...a film that will stay in your mind forever, 'cause if Casshern doesn't do it, who will?