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Shin Kamen Rider

2023 [JAPANESE]

Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 89% · 18 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 84% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 3496 3.5K

superhero race politics secret organization racism based on manga motorcycle

Plot summary

A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko Midorikawa, a rebel of the organization, escape while fighting off assassins. What’s justice? What’s evil? Will this violence end? Despite his power, Hongo tries to remain human. Along with freedom, Ruriko has regained a heart. What paths will they choose?

Director

Hideaki Anno Photo
Hideaki Anno

Top cast

Minami Hamabe Photo
Minami Hamabe as Ruriko Midorikawa
Masami Nagasawa Photo
Masami Nagasawa as Sasori Augment-01
Tôru Nakamura Photo
Tôru Nakamura as Father of Takeshi Hongo
Tôri Matsuzaka Photo
Tôri Matsuzaka as K
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5.51 GB
3840*1608
Japanese 5.1
NR
Subtitles ja  ar  de  us  es    fr  id  it  kr  ms  pt  th  vi  cn  
23.976 fps
2 hr 1 min
Seeds 12
1.09 GB
1280*534
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles ja  ar  de  us  es    fr  id  it  kr  ms  pt  th  vi  cn  
23.976 fps
2 hr 1 min
Seeds 11
2.24 GB
1920*800
Japanese 5.1
NR
Subtitles ja  ar  de  us  es    fr  id  it  kr  ms  pt  th  vi  cn  
23.976 fps
2 hr 1 min
Seeds 36

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Jithindurden 6 / 10

Old school

This is a very old-school tribute to the Kamen Rider character or that is what I felt from watching this without actually knowing the history. The way the design of the suit and action scenes can be directly placed in the 70s and won't make a difference is immediately juxtaposed with the amount of bloody violence and the introspection about it that comes right after that. There are a lot of themes that are very familiar through Anno's previous works but it never felt anything more than surface level. For the most part, it felt like a straight-up superhero story that is low-budget. But the episodic entry of characters, the monologues about happiness etc feels like it needs more time to have any heft to it amongst this campy action. As someone who doesn't have any idea about the character, this felt like it would have worked a lot better as an anime series. A lot of it is directed like an anime with the kind of shots and dialogues used but as it is not an anime, it doesn't have the same power. Also, the action would have been cooler and the cool music would have suited more in anime form.
Reviewed by kevin_robbins 6 / 10

This movie had enough worthwhile elements to make it worth a watch but isn't as good as Shin Godzilla

Shin Kamen Rider (2023) is a movie that I recently watched on Prime. The storyline follows a motorcycle racer who is kidnapped by a man who wants to take over the world. The motorcycle racer escapes but not before getting infected and turned into a super hero mutant driver. With his new powers he will try to stop his kidnapper from taking over the world.

This movie is directed by Hideaki Anno (Shin Godzilla) and stars Sôsuke Ikematsu (The Last Samurai), Minami Hamabe (Let Me Eat Your Pancreas), Tasuku Emoto (And Your Bird Can Sing) and Shin'ya Tsukamoto (Tokyo Fist).

The characters and universe for this picture are perfectly set up. The action scenes initially are great with fantastic kill scenes, gore, flying body parts, everything you'd want from a Kamen Rider picture. The villain had potential too. Unfortunately the content gets a bit too over the top, a bit too over done, and ran out of gas for me. I did enjoy watching it unfold, but it didn't have the same magic as Shin Godzilla.

Overall, this movie had enough worthwhile elements to make it worth a watch but isn't as good as Shin Godzilla. I would score this a 6/10 and recommend watching it once.

Reviewed by ouyrtuy-92391 5 / 10

I wish it was better

The movie starts pretty strong, with a good fighting scene and the introduction of the Shin Kamen Rider who basically pays homage to the original Kamen Rider from 1971. Sadly, after the strong start, things started to go downhill slowly. The plot became cringy and the fan favorite Kamen Rider was more of a secondary character since they were focusing a lot on someone else.

When it comes to the fighting scenes, they weren't good, it's like they were inspired by animes like Dragon Ball Z and Nartuto, it doesn't sound too bad, but the CGI felt like I was playing a few years old PC game. Was it really that hard to make good fighting scenes like in the other Kamen Rider movies and shows?

The cast, the acting, the costumes, the bikes and the music were great, and the kid from The Last Samurai is actually our Kamen Rider.

Unfortunately, I wish I did something better with my time, compared to Shin Godzilla, the movie is a huge letdown. I'm giving it 5 stars because of the nostalgia factor and the positive things i mentioned above. It really pains to give such a low score to a Kamen Rider movie.

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