2023 · action · drama · sci-fi
Shin Kamen Rider
Directed by Hideaki Anno2h 1m2023
A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko Midorikawa, a rebel of the organization, escape while fighting off assassins. What’s justice? What’s evil? Will this violence end? Despite his power, Hongo tries to remain human. Along with freedom, Ruriko has regained a heart. What paths will they choose?
Our read: Shin Kamen Rider (2023) reads as a sombre, breathless, surreal action · drama · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, breathless, measured action / drama, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
- surreal
- twisty
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