ScoobyWell Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

DBLurker As a big fan of movies featuring hired assassins, I have had Golgo 13 on my watchlist for years now.Now that I have seen it, I can't believe how good it is.The action is very well done, the animation is (for that time) nice.. except for one weird 3D scene that surprised me (and as a game designer, I was laughing at the low poly models in the CGI) and even though the story is simple cliché-fest, it's still very well presented.This isn't really a spoiler, but I think my favorite part is how the big-bad treats his son's wife and daughter. Those scenes really showed how low that guy was willing to go just to have his revenge. The surprise twist in the end also was very well done. In-fact, I would say this movie should be watched especially cause of those scenes.Very well done. Must watch movie.

Viva_Chiba I never read the Golgo 13 manga, i played 2 games on the NES and i liked the character, the way how James Bond should be !From what i know, Golgo 13 is a huge manga series in Japan that it's keeping being published even today, it's a cultural phenomenon.This anime is a masterpiece, very good, better than expected, better than a dozen of "James Bond" movies better than all the "Bourne trilogy".Plot: after having successfully completed an assignment in Italy, someone sets up a trap for Golgo 13 (AKA: Duke Togo), but he manages to escape alive, now he must discover why and who wanted him dead......This Anime features lots of blood, high body count and nudity, almost every girl in the whole movie gets naked. There is also a good soundtrack, with good jazz scores.Highly recommended if you want to get introduced to the character, don't miss it and Hollywood, put your hands down on Golgo 13, go produce another crappy kid friendly action movie.

Perception_de_Ambiguity The plot is a good backdrop for the style and the action, but it's irrelevant to the quality of the film.'Golgo 13' loves showing things indirectly, be it by looking at things through a mirror, by looking through an obstacle like a fence, by showing the effect of an action symbolically, or (beware the twist) by only showing the effect to imply the action, OR simply by obscuring the view with bright light, smoke, flames, spurting blood,...It even more loves looking at single elements individually. They say about Leone's and Tarantino's movies that even the smallest character is the star of the movie for the moment he is in that widescreen frame. In 'Golgo 13' every inanimate object, animal or body part can be the movie's star for a moment. A finger cocking a gun becomes an act of god.The style is over the top from beginning to end, less by means of multiplication of the glorified things and actions but more by means of subtraction of unnecessary elements. We know people need a floor to walk on, we don't need to see the floor at any given moment. We also know where a character is at once we have seen a wide shot, we can see the character in blank space or any other background that reflects his thoughts or emotions and we still remember what the factual surroundings are.Although many of those approaches are typical of Japanese animated films not many are as convicted in following them or as inventive in their execution.The visual power of the movie doesn't come from the individual images, the key of its power lies in the motion.There isn't a sequence without movement and should there be such a rare moment then it isn't there to last for more than a second. It's like hungry vultures circling around dead meat for hours and hours with deadly patience. The cadaver can't run away but it very well can be snatched away by competitive scavengers. - 'Golgo 13' reeks of death. Everyone will die, it's just a question of when. Nihilism means seeing everyone dead already. To the characters in 'Golgo 13' taking a life is equalized by the notion of creating something new, the notion of giving birth to death. In this world without meaning the assassin Golgo 13 has the edge because he counts himself into the equation. He won't think twice before risking his life, he looks death in the face like he would look in the face of his mother. To be is not to be. By the end the whole world seems to come crashing down and no character cares to go on living anymore. The movie is all attitude, no feeling, and it's so consequent at this that it becomes a statement.

doctrnoles The Professional was an incredibly awesome action film, packed with guys getting gunned down, and lots of chicks in black bikinis. The story in The Professional was much much better than in a lot of those James Bond films. Those animators are good with those pencils; their technique! Wow! Apparently, this movie was one of the first to use computer animation, but it was pretty much squat compared to what they can do now. Still, this movie will persuade you to want to be a spy, because this job has all the extras! Don't worry, all you animal lovers, because no real animals were hurt during the making of this film. It's just a film. For a good time, watch The Professional. It is, like, so cool. Rating: 10/10 ( Anyone else think this movie's disturbing? Just say Golgo if you do.)