Casshern

Having the world destroyed by decades of war is a popular theme for some sci-fi stories, and once these stories are transferred to the big screen they are usually very entertaining and thought provoking. In this adventure we're exposed to a number of different issues from war torn nations and their coping with the devastation to genetic experimentation with its unpredictable outcomes. With a strong cast and a well scripted story, the director is able to transport the audience into a future that isn't all shiny and pretty, but one that looks more real then any of us truly want to admit.
After decades of war the Earth has been left in a toxic state where the survivors are slowly dying from a terrible disease, but when Dr. Azuma develops a genetic treatment that may regenerate the human race his experiments come to life and revolt for their own lives. Visually there are parts of this film that are just stunning, and then there are parts that are so dark and menacing its hard to watch the scenes unfold. The strong subjects that are on display here rang from sending men off to war for no reason to genetic experiments on the living and dying. Once the new life forms strike out on their own the story quickly switches gears and becomes an action story and takes the audience on a fast and furious ride.
Strong themes throughout this story keep it going from the very start, but like most science fiction that comes out of the Asian cinema the audience is left wondering just how close to home could some of this truly be. This was one of those films that caught my eye on the store shelf and wondered if it would be any good, and after seeing it I'm glad I'm still a little curious about things I've never heard about. If it wasn't for that curiosity I'd never see films that peak my interest a little bit and turn out to be films like this one, one that I would see again without a second thought.