![]() Madison Iseman as Sienna showed some charisma, but she too fell victim to the plot holes and inconsistent behavior that plague her and all the other characters. You feel he may have done a better job with more decent lines. As for newer faces, Mackenyu looks the part, but there's something lacking. ![]() Hard to shine with the run of the mill story and dialogue. There's also Sean Bean (LOTR, GOT, etc.) and Marc Dacascos (Crying Freeman, John Wick 3) in there, but everyone's acting is flat throughout. ![]() It feels all-too familiar, especially with Famke Janssen (Jean Grey in the X-Men movies) overlooking the action as the movie's antagonist. The film's about a young man struggling to accept his destiny as a knight while spouting that nobody's fate is predetermined and the reincarnated goddess he's supposed to protect, a spunky young girl who lived in fear of being unable to control her immense power, in a rehash of the (also poorly adapted) Dark Phoenix saga from the X-Men. It's not altogether surprising: rather than adapt the 80's masterpiece, this movie is based on the more recent Netflix adaptation, which flopped commercially and critically. Key scenes late in the movie are laughable, including some that were supposed to be poignant. But again, the main trouble lies in the story. ![]() Hard to tap into nostalgia when you turn your back on 90% of what people liked in the first place. The fighting scenes, heavy in martial arts, guns, and military vehicles, are not what the original series was all about. The armors are way too different - and not particularly appealing. This is not the Saint Seiya we grew up with. Some visuals that made my heart skip a beat, including the very first, somewhat misleading scene. A few notes in the musical score, taken straight from the anime soundtrack. So how much does it stray? Well, there *are* some callbacks to the original IP. While not a trainwreck, a good movie this is not. ![]() But maybe there was a decent film in there, with some elements of the original manga/anime. A Saint Seiya fan since 1991, I knew going in that this movie would differ from the source material. ![]()
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