A love letter to the original Ultraman series that not only respects its source material but successfully puts its own unique style.
Despite the videogame cgi and the slightly crammed pacing I really enjoyed Shin Ultraman being a fan of the series since childhood.
I can see how non-fans may find the film a lil confusing doe.
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This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
A film like Bunohan doesn't come often in this land. It comes off like a gritty kampung crime flick. To most, it seems unnecessary. Why the meandering pace? Why do the spliced hallucinatory sequences feel like they come out of nowhere? Why do the characters speak like Kelantanese mumblecore?
But what I find is profound about the film's world is that it knows it's a bleak world. Director Dain Said said himself that he wanted to show his lost hope…
