advil
under my blanket
Failed 'Comedy' Act
I'm basing my rating before reading the manga (although this movie discourages me from ever reading it haha).
When I saw this on Netflix, the description of the movie read, 'Kanna Hashimoto stars as the pink-haired college student moonlighting as a 'John Wick' style assassin.' Of course, the words, 'pink-haired' 'assassin student' and 'John Wick' in one sentence caught my eye. However, after a quarter through the movie, I quickly realized it was nothing but a comedic act or a movie to shade action-assassin movies.
The premise of the movie was good, if they had executed it well, maybe this really could be up to par with John Wick. Unfortunately, it was nothing but flat comedy and bad CGI (this would've been a great movie to watch in 2014). The acting itself was disappointing, it was as if the actors and actresses were just given a script at that moment and were forced to learn it throughout their scenes. Of course, there were good moments but considering the almost 2-hour movie and the number of scenes I couldn't believe I was watching, the absurdity was real. With the music, there was nothing significant either. It happened to be your typical horror-like crescendos in tense scenes and mellow instrumentals in vulnerable scenes — quite predictable.
Now I believe this could be shortened quite a lot, I thought the majority of the scenes were irrelevant but I did stay watching. In the end, it flatlined horribly. I watched this with my sister so we had quite a laugh, still, I wouldn't recommend ever watching it.
When I saw this on Netflix, the description of the movie read, 'Kanna Hashimoto stars as the pink-haired college student moonlighting as a 'John Wick' style assassin.' Of course, the words, 'pink-haired' 'assassin student' and 'John Wick' in one sentence caught my eye. However, after a quarter through the movie, I quickly realized it was nothing but a comedic act or a movie to shade action-assassin movies.
The premise of the movie was good, if they had executed it well, maybe this really could be up to par with John Wick. Unfortunately, it was nothing but flat comedy and bad CGI (this would've been a great movie to watch in 2014). The acting itself was disappointing, it was as if the actors and actresses were just given a script at that moment and were forced to learn it throughout their scenes. Of course, there were good moments but considering the almost 2-hour movie and the number of scenes I couldn't believe I was watching, the absurdity was real. With the music, there was nothing significant either. It happened to be your typical horror-like crescendos in tense scenes and mellow instrumentals in vulnerable scenes — quite predictable.
Now I believe this could be shortened quite a lot, I thought the majority of the scenes were irrelevant but I did stay watching. In the end, it flatlined horribly. I watched this with my sister so we had quite a laugh, still, I wouldn't recommend ever watching it.
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