Gacchaman

20132013
1h 53min

Hostile forces are taking over the planet, plotting to exterminate human life. Young children with special powers are recruited to lead the fight. 13 years later, 5 special people must come ... Read allHostile forces are taking over the planet, plotting to exterminate human life. Young children with special powers are recruited to lead the fight. 13 years later, 5 special people must come together as one to save the day for humanity.Hostile forces are taking over the planet, plotting to exterminate human life. Young children with special powers are recruited to lead the fight. 13 years later, 5 special people must come together as one to save the day for humanity.

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Director
- Tôya Satô
Writers
- Tatsuo Yoshida(characters)
- Yûsuke Watanabe(screenplay)
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Set in the near future in Tokyo, Japan. The evil terrorist organization Galactor has declared war on the world. The group possesses more advanced technology than governments and occupies over half of the planet. Dr. Kozaburo Nambu of the International Science Organization gathers together 5 superhero ninja agents, known collectively as Gatchaman, to stop Galactor. —http://asianwiki.com/Gatchaman

non comic book superhero live action remake of anime superhero live action

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Connections
Remade as Gatchaman

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6/10

Surprisingly enjoyable...

Okay, well first of all I can't claim to be familiar with the "Gacchaman" franchise in any form or manner. I happened to get a chance to sit down and watch this 2013 movie from director Tôya Satô here in 2020. And being an avid fan of Asian cinema, of course I did sit down to watch it.

Granted, with no knowledge of what I was getting into here, I had no expectations to the movie, nor any prior lore of the franchise or anything to compare this movie to.

And I must say that I was entertained. Sure, this was geeky in a manner that only the Japanese cinema can produce, but it was oddly enjoyable nonetheless.

The movie's storyline was entertaining, albeit very straight forward and generic, to the point of being very predictable. But luckily enough the characters, costumes and special effects drew the attention away from the generic storyline, so the focus point was shifted in favor of the movie.

Now, I wasn't particularly familiar with the cast ensemble that portrayed the various characters and roles in this movie. But I will say that they actually had put together a good cast list, because the actors and actresses were doing good jobs.

I was genuinely entertained by this 2013 movie, and as such I am rating it a six out of ten stars.

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