Reviews

An oldie but a goldie

This movie is so aggressively 2000s in the best way possible. The hair, the fashion, the flip phones! An absolute delight.
It also happens to tell a genuinely lovely story about a queer relationship which goes through rocky times but ends up stronger and better than before; a delightful surprise, in other words, especially considering the time in which the movie came out.
The story itself isn't particularly unique or intense, but there is a quiet air of sweetness and gentle joy about it that makes the whole thing feel groundbreaking in its own right. And it kind of is. It's a feel-good movie about a respectfully and lovingly portrayed relationship between two men in 2000s era Japan - that's quite a rarity.
All in all I feel this movie has stood the test of time; apart from the camera quality most of the technical and story-telling aspects hold up very well.
So if you're looking for a short, easy watch that's a bit different from most modern day entries into the genre, or are simply in the market for a romantic dramedy chock-full of 2000s nostalgia, then this is the movie for you.

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Bea Alonzo and JLC are indeed one true pair.

This short movie is about the on-screen love team who met again for a project after a long break due to the pandemic and did some catching up and reminiscing about life, love, and their past. The premise is simple, and the plots are nicely developed in just 36 minutes. It shows the dynamic of a love team. If we talk about a love team, people (mostly the fans) will be imploring them to become a couple and get married in real life because of how good they look together and how great their chemistry is on screen and off screen. But it doesn’t always happen in real life. This movie uses the ‘love team’ as the central characters, and not the main topic is a smart move. It gives it a more realistic vibe about their friendship in and out of work.

The story is so engaging from the beginning to the end, making me want for more. Undoubtedly, Bea Alonzo and JLC have an amazing chemistry. Their conversation looks very natural and relaxed, as if they aren’t really acting. I was smiling the whole time, my face hurt. Seeing the topic of life and love being discussed from the perspective of one of the iconic Filipino love teams gives an understanding that, as humans, regardless of our job, we can’t always control our emotions, especially when they involve someone we deeply care about. You know, feelings will grow, the line between professional and personal will get blurred, and it can sometimes have a positive or negative impact on our real-life relationship. But at the end of the day, people grow and move on, and the best of love remains.

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Immature kid try to director a movie from dadys money

started nice cutie story, of strong girl and weak boy who start learning karate from her father
then we are shown a bully playboy who set his eyes on FL and turn 180 degree fake
this bully become good guy just because he want to screw FL
Fake good guy who only follow where is cock take him ?
if FL wasn't a beautiful girl then he would have beaten her but since she is pretty he want to screw her and playing fake good
and we are supposed to think he is hot and attractive but he look cheap makeup guy
No storyline after fake bully join there group,, he pretend to save the boy who FL saved so he can suddenly become a good guy
FL was so IDIOT she try to maintain her distance from first boy but then when bully come she be like friendship on 99% discount
i can understand first boy not the second one
second boy from the start approached them with motive of screwing FL second ML isn't a good guy if he got rejected by FL then he will turn into a bully again
everything he do is for his COCK
there is no genuine friendship from his side while the first boy genuinely become her friend after she saved him
love developed from admiration and liking is way more respectful then a love devolved based on sole lust
this move try to give wrong meaning of friendship and love

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Needed to be longer

Shin Kamen rider, the most modern feeling of the three shin movies, god I wish it was 1. longer and better paced 2. Wasn't so realistically explanatory, kinda takes away from the charm of superhero movies, it doesn't feel as fantastical as original Kamen rider but it might just be me, sure the explanations are cool

Also the old music in some parts just feels so out of place cause of how modern it is or maybe it's just me having watched the original and not being able to feel it here, but the music that is not from the original seems to fit right in, overall, good movie, could have been better if longer

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A well adapted Live action of a beautiful love story.

This live action movie surely surprised me on how good it was. Having read the manga and watched the anime I didn't really expect that they could pull this off with the same level of chemistry between the leads but they did.

Ren Meguro / Mio Imada were a damn good casting for the roles. Both of them look really good together. Having watched this movie and the "Trillion Game" drama, I was in quite an awe of their chemistry as their characters were extremely different in the movie and the show yet they nailed both.

The movie was well executed, though felt rushed during the second half which was quite expected as they had to show a big story arc in a single movie. Had this been a show with episodes, it would have been pure gold as it would give plenty of time to show the entire arc and character developments.

The visual FX were satisfactory. I really wanted to see how they will show Kiyoka Kudo rampaging through the house destroying everything and everyone who was trying to stop him from saving his beloved fiance. They surely didn't disappoint in that. The cinematography too was quite eye catching and matched well with the vibe of the story.

Overall it was a good movie with a well suited cast and a sweet storyline. Kiyoka Kudo and Mio Saimori are one of my all time fav couples and it was nice to see their characters being pulled off so beautifully.

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Casting choice of main leads

This live action of the manga pleasantly surprised me. I have seen Meguro Ren in Silent but I wasn't as captivated by him as when I've seen him in this film. He was mesmerizing. The charisma he was giving off was fabulous. The long hair along with his sharp jawline takes the cake as it made him more masculine and captivating. Imada Mio was such a refreshing sight as Miyo. She was perfect for the role. Great chemistry from both. Superb casting.

The movie couldn't cram everything from the manga so I hope there is a second movie. The story gets more interesting especially for Miyo.

I get that some may wish for this to be a series instead but I'm content with how the movie was done. Execution was great, could've polished some scenes that the non-manga readers may not understand. But all in all, one of the best live action film currently.

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In 2015, Taiwan passed an amendment to the law that foreigners infected with HIV and living in Taiwan will no longer be deported out of the country.
The plot of the film takes place in 2013, two years before this novel. Jim lives with Mike, who is from Malaysia, and subsequently everyone probably already knows what will happen.
Where the Taiwanese keep getting new and new actors .... very well acted, believable, natural, as if the two really lived together, only these two characters appear in the film ... and the ending (!)

V roce 2015 Taiwan schválil novelu zákona, že cizinci infikováni virem HIV a žijící na Taiwanu již nebudou deportováni pryč ze země.
Děj filmu se odehrává v r. 2013, dva roky před touto novelou. Jim žije s Mikem, který je z Malajsie a následně už asi všichni tuší, jaký bude děj.
Kde ti Taiwanci berou stále nové a nové herce .... moc hezky zahrané, uvěřitelné, přirozené, jako by ti dva spolu opravdu žili, ve filmu vystupují jen tyto dvě postavy ... a ten konec (!)

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The very beginning was fresh and nice, a few minutes into the opening credits, it would have been a good short ("Did you forget something? Yes. You!"). Overall, I agree that this part got rid of Pinoy deposits, did not branch out and lacked dismembering trances, but that was perhaps to be expected from this director (he also directed the successful Gameboys). Everything came very close to the western format. Acting very solid, believable. However, I had a little problem with the character of Tina, from whom the script made a hysterical, sometimes even a moronic psychopath, and the film's "means", for example in the constant smoking with a shaking hand, were very transparent to me. That's why I reduced one point for the story, originally I wanted to give a pure nine. I also appreciate very tasteful soft erotica, when nothing was "shown" anywhere and the characters were not "getting along" somewhere by the wall through jeans or up to the navel through a sweatshirt, etc., and there are also dirty words, so I rather do not recommend it to some gentle ladies here??


Hned začátek byl svěží a hezký, několik minut do zahajovacích titulků, z toho by byl dobrý kraťas ("Zapomněl jsi něco? Ano. Tebe!"). Celkově kvituji, že se toto dílko oprostilo od pinoy nánosů, nevětvilo se a chyběly pitvořící se transky, ale to se snad i dalo od tohoto režiséra čekat (režíroval i úspěšný Gameboys). Vše se hodně přiblížilo západnímu formátu. Herecké výkony velmi solidní, uvěřitené. Malinko jsem měl postupem ale problém s postavou Tina, ze kterého scénář udělal hysterku, mnohdy až debilního psychopata a filmové "prostředky" např. v neustálém kouření třesoucí se rukou byly na mě hodně průhledné. Proto jsem za příběh jeden bodík snížil, původně jsem chtěl dát čistou devítku. Oceňuji též velmi vkusnou jemnou erotiku, kdy nebylo nikde a nic "ukázáno" a postavy se "neládovaly" někde u stěny přes rifle nebo do pupku přes mikinu atd., a jsou tam i sprostá slova, takže některým zdejším jemným dámám spíše nedoporučuji ??

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Inferior to the prequel

On a surface level, I don't think either this film nor the first film were that unique — the premise and plot development is all relatively expected. But while Part 1 had a really powerful screen presence from its main characters, Part 2 opts for a more cliche, unspeaking "fish-out-of-water" superpowered lead, who doesn't really stand out from the overwhelming number of side characters (there like like four different antagonist groups) who all have the same "badass bad guy" personality.

The plot itself does feel less directed. Whereas there was a clear goal in the first one, this one felt much more passive; we spent basically the entire movie waiting for the bad guys to catch up to where our main characters were, siting still.

With that being said, as someone who understands both English and Mandarin, I did not really enjoy either of those groups. The English sounded fine, but the acting was not good, and it was very annoying to hear "Chief! Chief!" every other line. The Mandarin just did not sound good.

I think the final thing that just made this film feel more unserious was the special effects. There was something very nerve-wracking about all the Part 1 fights being up close and personal, even though everyone had super strength. It made everything scarier and bloodier. In this one, they opt for something in the vein of what the kdramas Strong Woman Bong-soon and Strong Girl Nam-soon went for — people getting punched and flying back 500 feet. It feels more comedic and doesn't at all match the serious tone the film seems to want to go for.

While I didn't dislike the main character, she was just...fine, especially in contrast to the main character from Part 1. In fact, it was amazing how much screen presence Ko Ja-yoon had when she finally appeared, and I realized I'd rather have gotten a story about her journey to getting where she is now, rather than time jumping to her return.

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Don't recommend watching if you are watching due to the TV series Love O2O

DON'T WATCH AND WASTE YOUR TIME
The story is similar to the TV series Love O2O. To be more precise, it's a combination of good/popular scenes from the series. It's not in a flow, more like they have enacted scenes and pieced them together. The male and female lead personalities have changed and have gotten rid of many characters and lack of character development. That 1hr 40min was a complete waste of my time, don't recommend watching even if you are super bored. If you want to watch Love O2O then the TV series is the one to go to.
Whoever is able to watch this movie more than once I bow down to you. I was suffering through the entire movie and barely finished watching it.

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Escrocs, mais un peu trop

Mon adoration pour Ando Sakura me pousse parfois à des folies. Visionner un film Netflix de 2h30 dans un genre que j'exècre, le film de mafieux. Bourré de codes d'honneurs que personne ne respecte, d'action sans dialogue et de violence gratuite, ce film cherche à faire américain et en a tous les défauts. Sakura Ando en premier rôle arrivera-t-elle à remonter le quotient affectif de l'ensemble ou a-t-on à faire à une véritable escroquerie ?

En mère courage dans Kaibutsu, elle vous avait ému aux larmes, ici elle va vous imposer le respect et le silence dès les premières lignes de dialogue. On n’y comprend rien sans sous-titre et pour cause, l'accent du Kansai mélangé à l'argot des Yakuzas est omniprésent et donne un jeu qui n'a rien de subtile, mais très efficace. Elle accapare une fois de plus la caméra effaçant complètement les rôles secondaires plus clichés les un que les autres en hommes de main stupides. On a tout juste un Namase Katsuhisa insaisissable dans son rôle de protecteur un peu trop tranquille et une Canon Nawata complètement psychopathe avec seulement deux lignes de dialogues de tout le film. Bad Lands semble être construit entièrement sur les épaules des acteurs, mais sans ambitions pour la réalisation à part en mettre plein la vue par de la violence gratuite. N'est pas Kore-eda qui veut.

Les premières minutes sont un calvaire, pour moi. Suivre la filature de Sakura dans les rues d'Osaka donne juste envie d'arrêter le film, ayant déjà vu ce jeu du chat et de la souris 100 fois dans les blockbusters américains. Et Cette mise en scène, d'un classique absolu, s'étire sur 2h30 avec un rythme lent qui ne sert qu'à délayer la sauce par manque d'inspiration scénaristique. Fallait-il donc adapter en seulement 1h30 ce roman pour en faire un chef-d’œuvre... En fait, c'est tout le contraire ! Les flash-backs sont mauvais au possible, souvent sous forme de rêves métaphoriques qui perturbent encore plus une compréhension du background mal ficelée. Le passé de chacun aurait certainement mérité un meilleur développement, comme on sait si bien le faire dans les shonens mangas. L'histoire en aurait été que plus intense et on aurait pu s'attacher aux personnages, comprendre leur lien familial, ou pas. Les propos de la soumission, du consentement sont intéressants et très en faveur de la cause féministe, notamment dans le milieu du crime organisé empreint d'un machisme dépassé. Le film arrive dans un certain sens à faire passer des messages et nous faire vibrer pour l'héroïne et on accroche même jusqu’au bout à la deuxième partie lors de l'évènement majeur du film. Mais 1h30 est déjà passé et la vie quotidienne d'un fixeur ne peut pas retenir tout le monde. L'omniprésence des scènes de violence, les longueurs et la mise en scènes fouillis gâchent tout et beaucoup arrêteront le film avant que l'essentiel soit abordé. On a en plus, du mal à se repérer spatialement et temporellement dans ce film. Est-on au Bad lands ou ailleurs. Le titre a-t-il seulement un sens face à la sous-utilisation de ce lieu dans le scénario.

L'escroquerie aux personnes âgées semble être un sport national au Japon. De nombreux dramas en ont déjà traité, mais l'escroquerie principale envers les vieux c'est ce film, car les producteurs ont espéré qu'on ne ferait pas attention au déjà-vu des scènes et du scénario. Mais j'ai encore toute ma tête, moi. Malgré mon grand âge, on ne me l'a fait pas.

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True to life

The movie beautifully yet realistically portrays the life of seven friends from a small town and how they go to Tokyo for a better life, how they mature over time as they face the cut throat competition of a large city and the harshness of life.

The initial premise of the movie could have been better to give a better overview of the friends and their relationships and how they are held together as a group. However, the movie frequently flashbacks to the past to show certain significant moments in the character's life.
The movie very realistically portrays how people from small town in search of opportunities can easily go astray in life once they set foot on a megacity and can get easily overwhelmed ultimately leading to a bad end. It also portrays that simply having talent won't cut it in today's world, and even if you can survive that, you simply just can't do things as per your wish.

Overall the movie might feel depressing(it also is) to most people, that's mostly because of its accurate representation of real life. The movie can be thought of as a coming of age movie, and i believe the target demographic is the late teens to twenties as they will find the movie very relatable.

If you fall in that demographic, its a great watch, but avoid watching when you are feeling depressed or sad. Recommended.

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watched it for Jung So Min at first, but in the end I loved everything about it

Love Reset is a delightful romcom that had me laughing from start to finish. The movie cleverly embraces cliché scenes and over-exaggerated acting, creating a humorous atmosphere. The comedic timing in the film is spot-on, and it effectively balances the dramatic and comedic elements in its storytelling. The film delves into their past relationship, exploring the reasons behind their decision to divorce and the challenges they face in rediscovering their love for each other. Themes of forgiveness, second chances, and the importance of communication in relationships are skillfully woven into the narrative. What I appreciated most about Love Reset is that it stays true to its genre, delivering a lighthearted and fun experience. While it touches on the complexities of marriage and the pursuit of second chances in love, it never loses its light and enjoyable tone.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed watching "Love Reset" and would give it an 8/10 rating. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a feel-good romcom that will leave you with a smile on your face.

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The film had a lot of potential, which in my opinion was partly underutilized. Both main characters are very likeable - Albert Goza (Gerry), an almost new actor, and Miko Pasamonte (Paolo), known to me from several films also listed here. Both of them have been through a lot and enter into a "strange" relationship without emotional ties to prepare each other for when each of them will meet their Mr. Right. Soon, however, "something" develops that transcends the terms of their mutual relationship. But what surprised me was the music in the second half. I can't understand at all if it was artificially added when watching online or if it is really part of the movie. Absolutely horrifying, horrible, out of place. And on top of that, the actress Renée Gozon played an affected, dismembering character, who kept getting goats out, and the well-known director GA Villafuerte, who is already dead, flashes there.

Film měl velký potenciál, který byl dle mě zčásti nevyužit. Obě hlavní postavy moc sympatické - herecký téměř nováček Albert Goza (Gerry) a mě známý z několika filmů i zde uvedených Miko Pasamonte (Paolo). Oba už mají za sebou leccos a uzavírají "divný" vztah bez citových vazeb, aby se vzájemně připravili na to, až každý z nich potká toho svého Pana Pravého. Brzy se však vyvine "něco", co překročí podmínky jejich vzájemného vztahu. Co mě ale zarazilo, byla v druhé půli hudba. Vůbec to nemůžu pochopit, jestli při online sledování tam byla přidána uměle a nebo to je vážně součást filmu. Naprosto děsivé, příšerné, nehodící se. A k tomu herečka Renée Gozon tam hrála afektovanou pitvořící se postavu, které neustále lezly ven kozy a mihne se tam i nám známý režisér GA Villafuerte, který už je po smrti.

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A pleasant short film where the emphasis was placed and most of the time also on both the two main actors of the characters Red and Nikko and it was played very nicely, gently. There were no Pinoy mannerisms and I was surprised that there were already end credits that took almost a quarter of the entire footage, so I expected that after the credits there would be the "real" ending. He wasn't. Just life...


Příjemný krátky film, kde byl důraz kladen a většina času též na oba dva hlavní herce postav Red-a a Nikko a byl zahrán velmi pěkně, jemně. Nebyly tam žádné pinoy manýry a překvapilo mě, že už jsou závěrečné titulky, které zabraly téměř čtvrtinu celé stopáže, čekal jsem tudíž, že po titulcích bude ten "pravý" konec. Nebyl. Prostě život ...

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