They Call Me Jeeg
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
Sombre, breathless, measured action / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →Exposed to radioactive waste, small-time crook Enzo gains super-strength. A misanthropic, introverted brute, he uses his powers for personal gain until he meets Alessia, a mentally ill girl who believes Enzo is the hero from her favorite anime, Steel Jeeg.
Our read · They Call Me Jeeg (2015) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive action · drama · superhero entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
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The shape of They Call Me Jeeg
What watching it is actually like.
“You want grimy Roman superhero noir with heart, anime dreams, and bruised souls.”
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