Finally decided to give this one a watch as I gave up on waiting to watch the live-action miniseries with english subtitles. And it turned out to be such a surprise!
I knew this live-action would take place after the events of the anime movies, but I didn't know it would take so much from Patlabor 2's story, which is, hands down, one of the best animated movies of all time. For that reason, I regret not watching this right after Patlabor 2 when it was still fresh in my mind. The mood and philosophical themes are still here, even the soundtrack sounds exactly the same. The boat scene under the bridge is clearly an homage to the same scene in Patlabor 2. There's some siliness too, which used to be so common in the tv show and the animated miniseries.
It is still possible to follow the story of this movie without prior watching of the live-action miniseries. Well, at least I felt like that it was a new story created for this movie. However, it definitely feels like I was missing a lot of the characters' backgrounds and sense of companionship from not watching these characters' adventures before.
The action and special effects are awesome, yet it isn't what makes these series so interesting (especially the movies),so it won't be for anyone who's just looking for that.
Plot summary
An attack takes place on Rainbow Bridge in Odaiba, Tokyo by the fighter helicopter `Gray Ghost`. 2 days earlier, the Gray Ghost was stolen. The perpetrators are followers of Yukihito Tsuge. Yukihito Tsuge planned a coup of Tokyo 13 years earlier. The leader of Special Vehicle Section 2, Keiji Gotoda, sets out to stop the terrorists.
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Underrated sequel for fans of the series
Pretty Good
A continuation of the famed 2nd Patlabor movie. The final scene which the girl uses the glove to remote control the Labor to shoot at the helicopter is iconic (you'll recognize this from the opening of the 2nd movie) and pretty amazing.
The Next Generation Patoreibâ: Shuto kessen (2015)
This is such a poorly made action movie I just can't find the words??? The effects are OK and it looks like if it had a way better Director or maybe the screenplay I can't tell.
I'm so mad that I even watched the whole thing hoping that at one moment it will get better? Sad to say it never did. And the battle at the end with the stupid robots just standing there like duck targets in a shooting gallery with dumb six shooter looking pistols. What were they thinking when they designed some fancy robot and so low tech my kids toy robot is much more advanced. The reaction rate of the pilots are so slow you think an 80 year old man is faster is faster.
Don't watch it please. What a waste of idea and execution.
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