2009 · mecha · science fiction · action
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Directed by Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno1h 52m2009
Under constant attack by monstrous creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind, U.N. Special Agency NERV introduces two new EVA pilots to help defend the city of Tokyo-3: the mysterious Makinami Mari Illustrous and the intense Asuka Langley Shikinami. Meanwhile, Gendo Ikari and SEELE proceed with a secret project that involves both Rei and Shinji.
Our read: Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive mecha · science fiction · action entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, breathless, extreme mecha / science fiction, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- epic-stakes
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