Review of The Great Yokai War (2005) by R.john X — 10 Jul 2010
A cute-ish remake of the Yokai Monsters series. Miike (!) has shifted his attention from squibs and other gore spurts to focus on CGI children's movies. Not that this was bad, it was a bit boring in spots.
But it was nice to see the Yokai remade in a more mishcevious and whimsical manner. The war was more of a festival than it was the shadow march in the sky of SPOOK WARFARE. The story is silly - the spirit of all of mankind's discarded items, is transforming Yokai into junk machines with propellers, too many sharp teeth, and other whirly burly dangers.
As the Kirin Rider, some small boy who mostly looks like a little girl, flies around by the power of the sword and some lightening. Mai Takahashi shows a lot of sweaty thigh and the whole movie hinges on a silly azuki beans song!
This review of The Great Yokai War (2005) was written by R.john X on 10 Jul 2010.
The Great Yokai War has generally received positive reviews.
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