While trying to archive other anime review from the Bus's Transit of Anime Realities, I discovered that I had also written an "Armitage III: Polymatrix" review for another website of mine AnimeFlow.
The funny thing about this is that it is a counter to what I originally
wrote. All I can say about this re-post is that it reads better, but to
truly understand this anime, you might want to read the opposing side.
So, I'm schizophrenic. The good lord must want me to discover something
new about my futile existence everyday just to prove his own. Jesus H
Douche.
"Armitage III" was
always a title I wanted to check out, but with so many other
multi-video collections I was trying to complete, I didn't want to
trouble myself with another one. So when I heard about the movie
version, I was pretty sure I was going to buy it, and when I found out
it featured the voices of Keifer Sutherland and Elizabeth Berkley that
kind of sealed the deal.
Its great to see celebs trying to help bring this style of art to the
main stream. This is the second anime feature length film I've ever
bought, but I knew not to expect another "Akira", but this was pretty enjoyable despite it may seem at some points to be over done.
After finally viewing the original OVA series, some may appreciate the
restraint the film had when compared to the material it was pieced
together from. Then again it may just be an issue of preference. Do you
want to dedicate days to the character over the top voice acting or not.
Again, this is the fanboy in me wishing that anime DVD's were not
released in complete sets, so that I could truly figure that out on my
own terms if a series was worth continuing. Does disc one encourage me
to buy disc two, or I have the movie, so I'll just put this disc on
Half.com.
Of course, if you do not buy much anime and you just want to see this to see another Elizabeth character act like a slut ("Show Girls", "Any Given Sunday",
Saved By the Bell type characters) you will be disappointed. This is
not one of the reasons I bought the tape, but you some time wonder when
is this Cop in hot pants is going to get naked.
Ross Sylibus has left the Chicago PD for the Martian PD after his
partner was killed by a cyborg. He immediately gets involved in some
traditional movie cop action with a shoot out at the space port where
his new partner, Naomi Armitage, is trying to apprehend one of the
flights passengers. During the shoot out the criminals suitcase opens
and we find the dead body of the universe's only remaining country
singer (^_^Yay^_^) Kelly McCannonen. After the suspect escapes, Armitage
and Ross find out that the victim is a robot.
Just as Ross is settling in, the murderer, Rene D'amclaude pirates the
TV signal to show a montage of the murders other female robots he's
takes credit for and calls for a revolution of the "Thirds". With
antirobot feelings on Mars, this man gets a lot of support, but the
higher ups in the PD seemed to be more concerned with Armitage's drive
to solve these cases?
The biggest flaw in the film is that it tries to cover too much in too
little time. This is the same plot as the series, so the action has to
be hurried. It would appear that there is little room left for the
characters' emotions, but it is actually being loyal to the OVA. Some of
the voice acting is pathetic, and Sutherland seems to try too hard, but
Berkley does a great despite it being an overly whining lead character.
This was probably the way the series and film stand behind a claim that
the show is quite emotional.
Voice, body what else does Liz need? A decent agent.
The artwork and animation are great. Just looking at still shots and
posters doesn't do the film justice since these drawing are beautiful in
action. The plot does seem to have too many variables like how the
Thirds can be impregnated. Confusion or a sense of over stimulation is
all that creates. Despite all this, its extremely enjoyable without the
addicting nature of the series.
Armitage III - Polymatrix is not addicting, its not excellent, but maybe the opium suppository for the anime fan with a budget. Just a hit to get you by.
If it does not involve pro-wrestling, this is Russ Stevens's effort to create the one stop blog for movies that are cut to the ideal run-time, 90 minutes. This blog may feature films that may range from 71 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes, but 101 minutes and up are too long. An hour and a half can justify cutting a film into two chapters and a book into three. Hobbits and Katniss have too many ending, consider this an effort to stop that.
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