![]() I kinda feel like the premise was wasted. While the movie does give gradual exposition towards the end, it leaves more questions than it answers. There are some creative angles that give the movie visual depth that is lacking with the story. I applaud the direction because you have scenes that are framed more like a live-action film than an animated one. This movie is definitely more style over substance because there isn't a lot of substance. ![]() Wicked City goes by really quickly, with a runtime of 82 minutes, time will fly while you watch this, and while I do wish it was longer to flesh out the story, I was kinda happy when it was done. Their performances though more wooden than Ichirō Nagai's, still carry weight which comes across towards the end of the movie when the story becomes more intense and ramps up. I also have to give props to Yūsaku Yara and Toshiko Fujita who play Taki and Makie respectively. It's almost as if he is two different people and it's not only his demeanour that changes but his voice does too and Ichirō Nagai is able to switch between the two without disassociating from the character. I say his performance is the stand-out because of how transformative it is, Mayart doesn't sound the same at the beginning and end of the movie. This actually came as a shock to me as he is one of my least favourite characters. The stand-out voice performance for me was Ichirō Nagai who plays Giuseppe Mayart. ![]() How did the peace treaty come about? Why and how did Taki and Makie become members of the Black Guard? Who initiated the peace treaty? How did some of the Black World demons become radicalised? There are so many questions I have that couldn't be answered in 90 minutes. I do wish it was longer because there is a rich lore here that could have been fleshed out. This is a pretty unique story, it's like a buddy cop movie that leans heavily in the horror genre. He's also assigned a partner Makie, a Black Guard from the Black World. ![]() To protect Giuseppe Mayart, a 200-year old mystic who is a signatory to the renewal of the peace treaty between the human world and the BlackWorld. The story follows Renzaburō Taki a member of the Black Guard who are entrusted with protecting our world from the Black World, an alternate dimension with inhabited by supernatural demons. ![]()
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