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I bought this a LONG time ago after seeing a snippet on YouTube and it's been awhile since I have watched it. It's a pretty good movie for an anime-tie-in. The special effects are aged at this point, but it's good mindless fun, and I have fond memories of it. (and honestly, as I type this, I am tempted to watch it again) If you want something campy and fun, this is for you!
This 2004 film touched on some modern hi-tech themes with an epic solemnity, spectacularly painted in a surrealistic steampunk style which evokes a darkly nostalgic feel.
It depicts a world of Dystopia full of evils : warfares, pollutions, radiations, diseases, terrorisms, massacres, kidnappings, human experimentations, and other atrocities. The earth leaders are corrupted and obsessed with extending their aging lives by all means of sacrificing other lives. Scientists with well-intentions are being exploited for their selfish ends, leading to destructive consequences to all by unforseen circumstances.
First, there is mysterious Lightning Power from outerspace which regenerates the slaughtered humans into some powerful neo-sapiens, who are feared and hunted by the ruling humans, fueling a raging determination of a few of these remnant mutants to eliminate all mankind.
Then a dead soldier is also brought back to life by his scientist father against his own will, in the same pool powered by the Lightning. Thinking a neo-sapien has hijacked his mother, the soldier fights him and his robot army but failing to destroy them all. Eventually, this soldier calls himself Casshern, the guardian spirit of humanity, and fights the ruling army also to save those original humans branded as terrorists banished in an irradiated zone.
Adding to the twists and turns of the story, Casshern himself was once a member of this army who fought and slaughtered these original humans in the officially condemned zone. In the end he further finds out he has previously shot the wife of the mutant leader whom he thought was a hijacker, who was in fact a victim of those massacres for body parts and experiments. But this leader of the neo-sapiens does not realize that he was very much part of the human race which he is trying to exterminate, due to memory loss, and refuses to regard himself as human to the very end, consumed with hatred.
Still more tragically, as Casshern trys to prevent his father from bringing his dead mother back to life, his father shoots his fiancee dead thinking Casshern might join his father's resurrection act. In a burst of rage, however, Casshern kills his father instead. When his fiancee unexpectedly comes back to life by the hotly tainted blood of the dead neo-sapien, Casshern vows to end these vicious cycles of violence with her alone forever. Then they are exploded during their kiss when mystic lights gather upon them, which form a beam travelling up to outerspace far far away, landing finally on a distant planet without life.
The flashback videos of these once-ordinary persons at the film's ending stand in stark constrast to their latter selves that have turned dark and violent. It is a disturbing thought concerning the banality of evils that could contaminate anyone, as seen in the history of brutal violence documented in the Nazi Europe and Communist Russia - people hurting others routinely and ruthlessly, many simply following orders without questioning - and their legacies are abundantly alluded in the film.
There is some touching music here like hymn and chanting, soft piano, and the closing theme song, which was written and sung by Utada, the wife of the director at that time. Translated as " When someone's wish comes true ", it laments about the anguish of love and its haunting, selfish side. Also at the ending credits is a tribute to the famous actor Mihashi who played the old doctor at the irradiated zone, who passed away in 2004.
It is easier to watch the film in lighter colors or black & white, which looks like a classic of its kind - a visually stunning film laden with symbolism that demands one's sober thinkings to see the depth of its many somber meanings.
Despite some criticisms about the length and coherence of the film, which are not necessary failings in my book, this is THE sci fi film of the new millenium so far (and by far the best out of asia). Set in a world of constant war after the end of WW2, morality and humannity have been replaced by military control and a search for scientific "progress" in the name of maintaining the East Asian empire. There are many nods towards such films as Metropolis and The Matrix with the massive, brooding cityscapes and downtrodden people, the most hated of which being the artificially (perhaps even supernaturally) born "Neoroids", created from the cells of humans for the purpose of solving the problem of nuclear and biochemical related illnesses within the population.
The dark and distopian world is brought together seamlessly, from the hellish laborotries of Dr Azuma (a nod to Frakenstein) to the almost biblical promised land of the escaping Neoroids. Action sequences are tastefully spanned out and perfectl choreographed, so as not to end up creating a Sci-fi based martial arts film, thereby dumbing down the overall message.
In a nod to Japanese anime, this film is particularly visual in style, which some may see as distracting from the morals of the text, but the acting is knocked right on the nail (although those unused to Asian cinema, the characters may appear melodramatic). The questions at the end of the film are truly, what can be judged as good and evil? Can humans get out of a cycle of hate, even if it means matyring themselves? What does it truly mean to be human? How anyone can walk away displeased from this film is beyond me, but if you enjoyed such films as The Matrix, Equilibrium and Children of Men (thought-provoking stuff), then this is for you. 9/10
Man muss es wirklich so sagen, dieser Film ist ein unglaublich berauschendes, dabei berührendes und immer nachdenklich stimmendes Meisterwerk, das definitiv seinesgleich sucht.
Rein optisch ist dieser Film eine extreme Augenweide, die mit einer Vielzahl wundervoller Ideen aufwartet und durch die schiere Menge verschiedenster visueller Referenzen einen Bilderteppich erzeugt, den man so sicher noch nicht gesehen hat (zumindest in westlichen Filmen). Sicher muss hierbei auch bemerkt werden, dass dies auch manchem Zuschauer zu viel des Guten sein wird.
Auch die musikalische Untermalung betört den Zuschauer von Anfang an. Melancholische Passagen werden mit passenden elektronischen Klängen untermalt, Action-Sequenzen beschleunigt ein fetziger Rockscore. Auch die Soundeffekte sind ein Triumph, da sie der andersweltlichen Atmosphäre die entsprechende Stimme geben.
In Sachen Tiefgang, Handlungslogik und Stringenz werden die Meinungen sicher auseinander gehen. Dies mag vor allem daran liegen, dass die fernöstliche Erzählweise dem westlichen Zuschauer zu zäh und wenig straff vorkommen mag. Auch kann die permanente Wiederholung der eigentlichen Aussage in immer anderer Untermalung dem einen oder anderen den Nerv rauben.
Es sei jedoch gesagt, dass sich Geduld lohnt, denn die Geschichte ist aufrichtig, emotional und zu tiefst menschlich. Sie spricht die Verantwortung des Menschen an, quält ihn dabei auch und lässt ihn am Ende zu gleißendem Licht werden. So dass sich der Zuschauer selbst wiederfindet, ob er den Film nun mag oder nicht.
![Casshern [Edizione: Regno Unito]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/511bpxPYoAL._SX300_SY300_QL70_ML2_.jpg)
