I love Beneath and the reason can be simplified in two words…General Ursus!

I love, love this movie. Im so obsessed that I watched it over and over and still enjoying and laughing and amazed at the fight. Your analysis is right on. I agree with everything you said. I hope I see more of Saori Izawa movies in the future ❤️

I love the hand to hand combat at the end. That was cool.

I’ve watched the 2 baby assassins movie last week while doing a final essay assignment for one of my courses this semester and damn when I was watching the first scene with the interviewer it felt so relatable as an autistic adult lol. The movies are brilliant and I can say that I haven’t seen anything like them before.

Thanks for the video, I am happy you liked the movie. I watched the anime last year around september and when I was done I had to watch it again because I liked it so much and then I bought the manga and I have read it all now and I love it even more. I also liked the live action movie and I hope we will see the series on netflix soon too :)

This film is one of my favorites from Shaw Brothers, probably Liu C.L. is my fav director because he pays so attention to details. I would like to know your opinion about some film of King Hu, he has a deep sense of cinematography, like in Come Drink with Me, watch Pei Pei Cheng, she is unbelievable. And also love Crippled Avengers, the best of Chang Cheh and the Venoms.

I'm not sure if 'atmosphere' is what impressed me. What I remember the most is the cinematography. Like when the moon comes out the clouds and Asirpa has enough light to fire her arrow at the bear. When Sugimoto stands up on the horse-drawn cart before his escape. The scenes of Diamond Dust in Asirpa's Kotan, or the way the sunlight illuminates the main area of her dwelling. The view from inside the bear's den It was way more animesque than the anime itself.

This was a nice review ! I think that for adaptations, it's always interesting to hear the perspective of someone that is not familiar with the source material, especially when you yourself are. As a fan of the manga, I think this is an excellent adaptation, even accounting for its flaws. For how the atmosphere compare to the manga, I would say it's fairly different because of the medium but still pretty effective: the manga is gorier and has very striking character designs and imagery that gives it a nice off-kilter vibe. As an aside, GK is insanely well documented, especially when Ainu culture is concerned, so most of what you learn in there is pretty accurate. The movie follows suit: for example the town set is actually an open air museum, the Historical Village of Hokkaido. As for the story, I think the adaptation work is top notch. Most of the changes made to the story are completely justified in my eyes, and since the manga is already finished, they are able to integrate later elements smoothly. Besides the fact that this movie is indeed more of an episode 0 for the TV series, one big criticism I have is that it goes a bit fast compared to the manga, which I feel weakens some of the more emotional scenes. But even then, I feel like the cast and crew really gets GK, and that's the most important. In any case, I hope the drama comes overseas soon (even in Japan it's on a paid channel) and I really recommend reading the manga, it's a top tier work.

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It's the second-best film of the entire series (including reboots etc.). The ending is as jolting as the first movie. Pity they don't have unused footage of the second half to recreate a longer second half.

Will you review the new tv series?

I love the review! Just one thing that irks me, you keep saying it had 'CGI'! These were all practical effects! CGI hadn't been invented yet at the time this film was made!

You should watch the anime Lycoris Recoil, it is basically Baby Assassins in animated form. The main character's name is even Chisato as well and she's as much of a ditz as this one is.

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although this film is less serious compared to the first one, it is good to continue seeing their relationship and how young and irresponsible they are.

Just watched it due to the sequel trailer and enjoyed your video and thoughts!

I believe the two guys are really dead. The guys knew they were going to die and accepted their fate. I think the ending was a dark reminder that, no matter how sweet and like the two girls are, they kill people. Maybe they mostly kill gangsters and politicians but they also kill likable people like the two guys. What also cements the likely hood they kill the guys was that the guys crossed the point where they needed to die after shooting the cleaner which appeared got the assassin guild to mobilizing right away, where they found in killed the boys manager. Regarding the movie 3rd being the last of the franchise: I got the strong feeling as well giving how serious the trailer was and the promotional poster going around. One reason for the franchise to end, or at least put on an indefinite hiatus is because the two actresses may have a backlog of requests to be on bigger productions after Baby Assassin really raised their recognition. While Takaishi seemed to already has an established model and acting carrier. This is Izawa's chance to break out of just being a stunt woman and taking acting roles. But that being said, I do hope the franchise goes beyond the TV series and 3rd movie while still retaining the quality.

The last hand to hand action sequence in this movie was amazing and something you would never see in modern Hollywood movies where female fighters are invincible and beat the crap out of larger stronger opponents. The choreography, flow and music was really great. The bodyguard of the Yukaza Boss's Daughter was already established as a one-shot knockout badass in the film. After Mahiro get's disarmed and takes strong blow to the face, she is bloodied and realizing the bodyguard is really strong. She fights hand to hand almost keeping up with the bodyguard but takes serious damage and the situation gets desperate as the music pace of the music quickens. To survive and come out on top she had to use her head (figuratively and literally). I saw the Baby Assassins 2 and I really liked it as well. It looked like the budget of this sequel was a larger than the first movie hinting the first movie must of done pretty well commercially. There's a TV mini-series coming out as well as a third movie. The trailer and the poster of Baby Assassins 3 looks like it might take a more dark and serious tone (might be intended to be the finale of the Baby Assassins franchise). We'll have to see.

New update. Seems both movie and game were supposed to come out but the movie was cancelled for some reason. Meaning the only thing that got released from it was the game. So the end result is still the same, the fmv game was always intended and it is currently the only way to view the movie!!

Love the new format Brad! Looking forward to seeing many more of your reviews. 😊

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The abstract plot summary as an intro action sequence is genius. There's one misplaced comedy scene near the end that seems to drag on forever, but oh well. I also sorta wish the movie didn't handicap Gordon Liu (one of the best screen fighters) halfway through the movie, but the movie's whole thing is that every fight has some odd gimmick, so we end up getting the wheelchair fight, etc. Anyway, this is basically Lau Kar Leung's best fight choreography I think, next to maybe Shaolin Mantis, Martial Arts of Shaolin and Shaolin vs. Wu-tang. (These movies sure do have Shaolin in the titles a lot.)

This was really cool! Love the music and sound effects. Very well made!

I really enjoyed your commentary and insight of Baby Assassins 2 and the franchise so far! Hell I even managed to get my friends into and we keep debating if the first or second haves more action and which one is the best so far (I say the second but my friends all agree the first one. It really doesn't matter cuz we love all of them lol). I actually didn't pick up on how each movie seems to focus on one particular girl so I'm curious how they will focus on both of them together in the third one. I agree that I believe the boys are dead too in the sequel because I feel they have served their purpose and I was lowkey worried they will be love interest but glad they weren't. And funny enough, my best friend is starting to see Chisato and Mahiro potentially being a couple after seeing the second one and I can see that vision too if the director goes in that particular route. Would be interesting to see, especially with little hints sprinkling throughout both films. Overall, thanks again for the video and I'm curious to see you do a prediction video off the teaser for third one!

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I would love to watch this but can't find it

I had the exact same reaction to this movie. I went in thinking it was an action movie (the trailer is really edited toward that idea) and then I discovered the slacker film I never knew I was needing. I loved it and have watched it three times now. i can't wait until they release the sequel. And I noticed they make an appearance in the movie The Janitor, though I didn't actually see their faces but the blonde hair of Mahiro.

I don't know how I've never heard of this movie earlier (0 0) These two girls felt so authentic that I wondered if I was watching a portrayal of fictional characters.

GREAT movie

Thanks to all the new viewers. I guess sequel announcement has caused the uptick but for those interested. I will be posting a video on the sequel, i already have an idea in mind, just waiting for its official release to rewatch it first! Can't wait to share it

I LOVE the film! Trying to find somewhere to watch the sequel but can't find it streaming anywhere. I think Sakamoto has a great talent for directing action and knowing that action doesn't always mean fighting. Being able to keep a person engaged throughout a film and having actors that are capable of giving you multiple layers are what makes more than one character relatable to more than one person. When people can relate to more than one character in any production, they will watch it repeatedly because every time they do, they will get a different perspective. And it's why we're still talking about it... love, love, love it and want to see BA2 ASAP!!!

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I'll help you with your review.. "Why I love Dirty Ho".... Because it's awesome. The end For real tho. Great reviews. Subbed

You guys are definitely sleeping on this one tbh

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My favorite was the art appreciation scene. The footwork is just amazing!

As someone who loves the entire franchise, I can relate to your feelings about this movie completely. The first Apes movie I ever saw was Conquest, our first introduction to "Caesar" and I was hooked! I immediately went and sought out the movies before it, as well as Battle, and I was not disappointed at all! I actually ended up watching Battle before I was able to get my hands on a copy of the first few. I do agree that this movie was rushed out due to the unexpected success of the Original, but I also believe they had different plans for this but were caught in a time crunch. I am so glad of the "rebirth" of the franchise and I really hope that the movies continue. What is so great about a franchise like this, is that there is so much that can be explored and so much story to fill in. I cant wait for Kingdom. Also, I would love to have you on sometime to discuss the franchise in depth.

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Funny you mention Capcom because the director apparently worked on the cutscenes for Devil May Cry 3. But yeah, I loved this movie. Not as much as, say, Tokyo Gore Police, but I still think this is one of the better offerings in the subgenre. This one is definitely being slept on.

i can't believe i hadn't watched this essay until now!

If you like Dirty Ho， You need to see Lau Kar Leung martial Club and legendary Weapons of China, The final fight is amazing! He is a kung fu master!

As flawed as this movie is, and it is a very flawed movie, it is my favorite of the Apes movies and even my favorite sci-fi movie. I didn’t mind the first half kind of retreading the first movie, with Brent essentially being a stand-in for the audience, learning as he goes along. But once we get underground, that's it. It becomes a whole different movie entirely and so bat sh*t insane that I love it. As a kid I loved the original, but didn’t know about the sequels until I was a teenager. I was so hooked in the first time I watched Beneath, from the left turn it takes in the middle to its shocking finale. If the first movies ending was shocking, then this one is something else entirely. I don't think another movie affected me the way this one did. My 14-year-old self really had to process what I witnessed when it was over after that first time (for perspective, I'm 34 now). And as much as I love it, it still haunts me. Yet its a great B-movie with the best elements of pulp comics and vintage sci-fi thrown in.

The sequel is out. It has more action with the same humor and awkwardness. Baby Assassins is a cult classic in the making. I find it similar to the anime Mezzo Forte, which I also liked minus the nudity.

I loved the secret autism idea thought process, as I also think the Mahiro character is the more interesting of the two but I also hope that the sequel goes into more depth for both of them. I could not stop watching both the action scenes and the scenes of Mahiro trying to communicate or being frustrated. The comedy reminds me a bit of Beat Takeshi's cop and gangster films, where he just doesn't care about his foes, so everything is just matter of fact during confrontation scenes.

loved the film, cant wait for the sequel

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Your voice is very relaxing! Haha! Makes it easier to feel welcomed into the video and liked the analysis.