Just a suggestion, take a friend who has never seen a Scott Adkins film and check their reaction when he throws his first kick while wearing a fatsuit. Golden.
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Smile 2022
Surprisingly needed a few more smiles at some points to avoid it dragging but takes a goofy idea and ends up doing the whole trauma is the real horror thing better than any of the recent unbearable a24-style stuff that keeps getting made. Cannot stress enough that the ending left me with the biggest grin also. Loved it let's get some more of this.
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Patlabor 2: The Movie 1993
The standout of the series and Oshii's best work in my opinion. Patlabor 2 fully removes itself from it roots here, moving away from malfunction mech units to a more insidious type of threat. It really is kind of nuts just how natural this series moves into the realm of government and military conspiracy as well as referencing real world post-war politics of Japan. Most of the original cast is pushed into the background, retired or replaced even including Noa…
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Cyber Ninja 1988
Keita Amemiya makes a traditional samurai film his way and by that I mean he makes it cyberpunk and fills it with cyborgs and robots. It is a dream. For me there is no better character designer in film and television than Amemiya and this is such a great way to start getting into his work.
