Knights of the Zodiac is all mythology and no soul. rockmarooned reviews this new manga adaptation:
to cultural differences related to its source material.
Yet while some of this premise does sound like it might be more intuitive for an audience well-versed in more fantastical manga, the simpler explanation for the ultimate flatness ofis the number of ways that it resembles the worst American YA and fantasy adaptations of the post-years. This live-action co-production between Sony and a Japanese animation studio begins with the colorful bounce ofknockoff, and quickly runs out of gas in a way that resembles the worst of Sony’s Screen Gems genre arm.
This is especially disappointing because the movie’s opening section is pretty fun. We join Seiya , a standoffish young man using his undeveloped connection to the Force-like power of “cosmo” to eke out a living as a cage fighter while searching for his long-lost sister. He’s approached by a mysterious man named Alman , who informs Seiya that it is his destiny to use his powers to protect Alman’s daughter Sienna from forces led by Guraad .
reaches a point where it becomes clear that not only will no more new characters be introduced, but there will be no further scenes requiring background extras, or scenery that doesn’t look an abandoned set from another movie. A dismaying amount of the film involves Seiya lifting and breaking rocks, and the comparisons to an old-timey prison are not flattering.
Here and there, Bagiński foregrounds an image worthy of the film’s comic-book origins: A shot of Janssen’s cape silhouetted against a wall of flame, or Iseman subsumed by a vast violet light as Athena takes her over. But the film’s climactic confrontations amount to a purple haze, not unlike the smear of effects that engulfs so many higher-profile American comics adaptations. Tellingly, the special effects inaren’t especially bad on a technical level, especially for its mid-range budget.
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