ルパン三世
Directed by:
Ryūhei KitamuraScreenplay:
山本又一朗Composer:
Aldo ShllakuCast:
Shun Oguri, 玉山鉄二, Jerry Yan, 浅野忠信, Geoffrey Giuliano, Nirut Sirijanya, 黒木メイサ, David Asavanond, Gô Ayano, Jun Kim, Thanayong Wongtrakul, Yû Yamada, Misaki Kuno (more)Plots(1)
The Crimson Heart: gift from Julius Caesar to Cleopatra and necklace of unrivalled beauty and inestimable value. Thought lost forever, it reappears centuries later, but in two parts possessed by two rival moguls; Pramuk, a Southeast Asian tycoon and underworld king and Dawson, an aging British mogul and former partner of the legendary Great Thief Lupin. Meanwhile, Interpol Inspector Zenigata hopes to make the bust of his life at the Dawson estate, where the world's top thieves have assembled to appoint a new leader to Dawson's thievery syndicate, The Works. Among them is Lupin the Third (Shun Oguri), grandson to Great Thief Lupin. When Pramuk orchestrates an infiltration, assassinating Dawson and snatching the necklace, Lupin vows to avenge his death and steal back The Crimson Heart by assembling his own elite team of thieves - Daisuke Jigen, Fujiko Mine and Goemon Ishikawa. They descend on The Ark, a remote and heavily-armed island fortress with an impregnable, state-of-the-art security system. Nevertheless, Lupin and friends won't stop until they pry redemption and the world's most coveted prize from Pramuk's hands. (Madman Entertainment)
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It was a delight to see lots of familiar faces from Asia (even the Joseph guy made me outrageously happy, not to mention the two on the plane). Lots of individuality is perfect. But then again, there are the opposite little things that leave a bad taste on the tongue – for example, right at the opening, when Kuroki Meisa jumps off the roof, it's so obvious that she's safe that it hurt, and I thought: "Well, Ziza, welcome to a B-movie." In the end, it wasn't terrible, but I can't say I was thrilled after watching it either. Basically, other than the aforementioned, there's not much to have reservations about here. It's just that it was so bland; they failed to convey any proper emotions to the audience, be it tension, regret, or playful hilarity. They may have felt it, but it didn't reach the viewer. And because the film was this tone-deaf, I can't go any higher with my rating. For fans of the prequel – there is some similarity, but the story is somewhere else. Oh, and I don't understand how I could forget it, I saw the version with Japanese dubbing... sometimes it just was :´-D
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