Space Battleship Yamato (Jap)
Synopsis:
It is year 2199, some five years after the start of an alien species, Gamilas attack on Earth. Earth has been reduced by the aliens' radiation bombing and the remnants of humanity have fled underground. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from the planet Iskandar that tells of a device that can remove the radiation from the Earth's surface. The United Nations of Space Administration then rebuilds battleship Yamato, with a new type of propulsion system - the wave motion engine to warp from one location to another, and a special weapon to deter Gamilas . This enables it to make the long trip to Iskandar and back in hopes of saving the Earth. Within 73 days the radiation will drive the rest of humanity to extinction. So the Battleship Yamato lead by rouge-fighter, Susumo Kodai who finally takes over the captain role must face-off with the Gamilas fleet surrounding planet Iskandar and race against time to save the Earth.
Review:
After making a long disappearance from screen, Takuya Kimura emerge with an epic si-fi movie from Japan. I would say that its a good entry from Japan with its grand scale special effects but the movie fall shorts on the editing, acting and emotion factor. Also, there are many screaming from Takuya throughout the movie, giving a fall sense of overacting. The storyline is quite good with many surprises, suspense, sense of patriotism, love and etc. but it was not fully utilize and explored in the movie. One example is the sudden change of hatred feeling between Susumo Kodai (Takuya) and the Captain, the love story between Susumo & Yuki also falls flat where viewers are unable to feel the love between both. These are one of the many other examples inside the movies that fails due to this aspect. Also, the spaceship does looks a bit fake and it reminds me of a bit like i'm watching Ultraman movie. However, the movie does have its good moments like the battle wits between Yamato & Gamilas and also the outstanding soundtrack score by Steven Tyle's Love Lives.
Verdict:
I give it a 2.5 star out of 5
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