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Cowboy Bebop - The Movie Actors: Beau Billingslea, Melissa Charles Directors: Shinichirô Watanabe, Hiroyuki Okiura Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Running Time: 114 minutes Studio: Columbia Tri-Star Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2003-06-24 Buy from Amazon |
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From Amazon.com As the eagerly awaited Cowboy Bebop feature film reunites the original director, screenwriter, composer, and vocal cast, it's not surprising that the film plays like an expanded TV episode. What should be the routine capture of a two-bit hacker by Faye escalates into a deadly game of cat and mouse, as Spike and the gang struggle to prevent the evil Vincent Volaju from murdering every human on Mars. Director Shinichiro Watanabe handles the action sequences with his usual panache. Inside the sinister Cherious Medical research facility, Spike fights a beautiful agent, using a push broom in a series of maneuvers Jackie Chan might envy. The climactic duel between Spike and Vincent plays against innocent yet eerie images of a Halloween carnival, recalling the amusement park setting of episode 20, "Pierrot Le Fou." Knockin' on Heaven's Door will delight fans of the series and provide an excellent introduction for the uninitiated who want to know why Cowboy Bebop is so popular on both sides of the Pacific. (Rated R: violence, brief nudity, minor profanity, tobacco use) --Charles Solomon |
 "The Holy Grail of Anime!"Does your life lack a spice? Days dull and boring? WATCH THIS FILM. It may not change your life, but you'll surely love it... :) Techinally, this film is rated R, but a more approriate rating would be 14A. It doesn't have much coarse language, but the violence is intense and the plot is for older viewers (if you don't know what a bio weapon is, kids, don't watch it. You wouldn't get it.) The soundtrack is glorious, the characters are real and believable, the villain is a slightly sadistic man with a tortured past... A delight to all senses. Except smell. Or touch. Or taste. But... Ah, stop reading this and go watch it! Actually, you probably shouldn't watch this is you're squeamish- Spike and the gang are masters at letting the blood flow. "Recipe for a delicious Cowboy Bebop Stew..."See the other reviews to read about how great this movie (and the show) is. This review was written to give those new to Cowboy Bebop an idea of how to go about watching the series and the movie. Step 1: buy the perfect sessions and the movie from the new and used section of amazon.com. they cost much less and are about the same quality as their higher priced counterparts. Step 2: When you get the DVDs, watch the perfect sessions first, starting from session one and watching them in order until session 22. You don't have to watch them all in the same day, but try to finish them within a month. Step 3: After you have watched episode 22, turn off your tv and go do domething else. Wait until tomorrow for Step 4: Set aside at least couple hours (its a long movie), making sure you will not be interrupted, as you will definitely want to see this movie through to the end without having to get up and do something, like say, answering the phone. Step 5:get a drink and a snack, in case you get hungry or thirsty. The drink preferably being coffee. Now find a nice cofortable place to sit with the bathroom nearby in case nature calls. Step 6: put the movie in, turn the sound up, and press play. Enjoy. Step 7:After seeing the movie, you may want to watch it again, turn the tv off and think about it, or watch the rest of the episodes. do whatever you see fit. Step 8: go tell your friends about Bebop if they aren't already fans. then refer them to this little recipe. They'll thank you for doing so. If they are the type that don't like anime, show them episode one. it should get them hooked. if not, its their loss. There. Now you've got a recipe for a nice, steaming bowl of Cowboy Bebop stew.Eat up. and remember that its not the meat that makes the stew, its the soup mix. (if you are haveing problems playing the Cowboy bebop the movie DVD, ie it won't get past a certain screen in the beginning, go to scene selection and select scene one. it should work perfectly.) "Spike, Faye, Chet, and Ed fight off a new threat"This movie is like..wow!! All the animation, action, music, everything about this movie is really cool. A new ally appears in this movie, Electra. Though, a bit of a connection comes between her and Spike. This movie was made..actually between the Cowboy Bebop series (a little after or between episode 20). This movie makes an introduction of a new foe who goes by the name Vincent Volaju. He was a veteran who took part of an experiment that spiraled out of control and was acclaimed to be dead, but still alive (though strangely dead at the same time). Spike fights off Vincent to stop a plot to end all life on Mars, when Vincent will be the only one standing because he has some weird way of resisting a deadly virus that will spread. This movie is rated R for violence, sensual moments, and profanity. "The Great Debate"When I saw Spike die in the last episode I knew it was the best ending ever, but I guiltily wanted more adventures. More Ed. More Ein. More of the old Faye. Those were good times. Here's your chance to get some of that, in nothing short of a spectacular two-hour roller-coaster ride. It would seem that if you are a Bebop fan you either love or hate this movie, and both make good points for their opinions. On one side people say it goes against everything the series stood for, and the others say it is the very embodyment of Bebop's style. I would obviously agree with the latter, but I understand where the rest are coming from. First, you should know going in it will be a little different. It's not going to have Tank! at the begining, it doesn't involve Vicious or cyndicates, and it's a pretty heavy storyline for something that doesn't take place in the series. It's also a little uncharacteristic as to magnitude of the story instead of the short, in the shadows kind of adventures they normally have. That being said... It's still the Bebop we've all come to know and love. There's lovable Ed, Ein, the same Spike, Faye, and Jet that are developed in the series. The character developement for the secondaries is in a very Bebop fashion, and the feel of the universe they live in is the same. Needless to say, the music is fantastic, though it's a little more intense. Awesome, all the same. Watch it with the intention to enjoy it. Cheers. Joe "Definite Front-Liner!"The movie is located at some point in between the series, after the entrance of Ed to the team. This time, the bounty's on Vincent, a terrorist who has decided to spread a disease in the galaxy. There aren't many words to describe the degree of achievement Cowboy Bebop has. An astounding soundtrack, highly developed characters, and exquisite art. Despair and misery definitely make good stories to tell. If you're an anime lover, do not forget to check this one out. It will be among your favorites. |
