Anon Anon

Despite having both outstanding visuals, for the year it came out in, and an interesting premise of a dystopian future distraught with inequality within the social class, the movie suffers from poor paced sequences that aren't strung well together to tell a coherent story. Moreover, some of the events felt forced, especially between some of the leading characters (Jay, Shua and cade) with a love triangle that seems to be forcibly inserted into the film to evoke a 'moving experience'. Other problems include poorly fleshed out characters, and a major one being the lack of exploration on the environmental themes, particularly that of 'pollution'; initially made as one of the driving factors of unbalance presented within this fictional world. On the other hand, some of the OST's were quite pleasant to listen to throughout the run. Overall, this film was rather disappointing considering the high-budget made into it's production with the help of Samsung. Phenomenal visuals, but weak story, themes and characters.

This movie accomplishes so much in a two hour time-run, and has at no-point been unengaging. It does so much justice with the story left off from the end of SEED Destiny, by building up on what has already been established, as opposed to creating something completely different. Moreover, it explores the horrors that comes with segregating people based on genetics and skills, and the consequences it has on human and societal development. As such, all the characters are written perfectly; even reamending characters that were previously despised in the last series to the point they are now beloved (Shinn Asuka). Both the music and animation is truly to be commended for as well, with iconic songs also being brought back in greater appreciation of the two preceding series. In addition to this, there are many great and comedic moments in the film that keeps the audience entertained throughout the whole run. Everyone should take the opportunity to watch this amazing anime film in cinema, as its focus is so much more than just mecha action!