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Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade Director: Hiroyuki Okiura Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Running Time: 102 minutes Studio: Bandai Entertainment Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2002-03-05 Buy from Amazon |
 "He's a Man!!!!! Not a Wolf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"The Wolf Brigade is a name for the special unit within the Capital Police Deparment; this unit is suppose to help the government combat terrorist groups or any other rebel organizations such as the Red Riding Hood group. Kazuki Fuse is one of the officers in this group whose life is about to change. The Man vs. Beast battle is about to take on a fatalistic meaning. Kazuki Fuse is a Capital Police Constable who finds himself face to face with any officer's worst nightmare: killing a seemingly harmless child. There are little kids wondering around blowing up buildings and committing mass terrorism. These kids are called "Red Riding Hoods". Red Riding Hoods are little girls used to overthrow the current government. Fuse gets caught in the midst of the battle. After having to kill one of the Red Riding Hoods, he becomes consumed by thoughts of the little girl's face as he shot her. He tells himself that he did the right thing but he continues to obsess about the incident. The main question in his mind is why she wouldn't surrender? Why would she choose to die? He meets Kei (who turns out to be the sister of the girl he killed). Fuse and Kei become close; wandering the city, visiting the most obscure places that wreak of melancholy. Melancholy and sacred silences are the dynamics in Fuse and Kei's relationship; They seem to need each other in order to be able to go on day to day.Fuse (chronically silent at times)has so many things he'd like to say but can't get out; Kei (bizarrely optimistic)talks about too much and gets hurt in the end due to her openness. As far as whether Fuse is apart of a secret cabal group w/n the Capital Police well you'll have to watch the movie to find out for sure. In the end, Fuse has to make a choice between being a man or a wolf. It's an old battle man vs. beast except this time the beast is inside of the man. The story of Little Red Riding Hood gets a twist to chill even macabre fans. Does the wolf win? Will Little Red Riding Hood transform the wolf? Or is Red Riding Hood the villain who must be taken down? Fuse must decide if he will end the story like the fairytale that kids are told or finish the story the way it really would have ended? If you don't know what I'm talking about? Watch this movie! It's more than worth it! You'll be yelling: He's a man!!!!!!!!! Not a Wolf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "A Personal Favorite"Jin_roh has to be one of the best anime films I have ever seen it is a masterpiece and belongs in every anime fans collection. First off the most important part the story which was the movies strongest foot. The story revolves around Fuse and Kai Fuse is a memeber of a special police unit that deals with the really dangerous situations. In the begining there's a riot and the police is struggling to contain it. Underneath them within the sewers there is a rebel group that is running bombs through the sewer. Needless to say Fuse encourters one of the runners and it's a small girl and she ends up committing suicide to try and take him out with her but due to Fuse's large amount of body armor he survives with minor bumps and scratches. For the rest of the movie he is plagued by her death and is eventually accused of being part of the rebel faction the Wolf Brigade. Part of the reason is the fact that he is seen hanging around the older sister of the suicide bomber. Through the whole movie you think that everyone is using Fuse and the police force he works for is setting him up and that he's falling into their trap but it turns out that they're doing everything he predicted and was using them. You even think that the one dead girl's sister is using him but it turns out she was just one of his pawns as well.  "Not enough talent"This is a terrible waste of some interesting ideas. The writer and director once take on more than they can handle with this film. The whole thing is a muddle. The use of the Red Riding Hood fairy tale is clumsy and unnecessary. Rather than deal directly with their subject the writer/director choose to hide behind metaphor. All of the characters are thinly drawn and portrayed with little or no emotion. The film keeps the viewer at a distance by neglecting emotional envolvement. A total waste. "I truly love this movie"This is one of the best (anime) movie I have seen for a long time. I was lucky to receive this movie. The plot confused me alot, and though I watched it 100 times I still don't get it some of it : who the heck is who? Why are they enemys? Who shot **** at the ending (I was amazed when i figured out ( a bit of "sixth sense"-ending, how I could miss that)... While you are loughing at my low IQ, I take the time to say that I just can't get enough of this movie. A word of advice ( if you want to listen to my advice, that is ):  "A captivating movie by itself"This movie i bought a while back, when it was first released i bought it with Akira, both have meanings to them but Jin-Roh really has meaning to it. its realistic essense to its simplistic outline gives it a touch that really no other DVD has except for some films EX (Grave of The Fireflies,). The story begins with a little gurl and a massive protest riot going on in the middle of the street, while the riot is going on a little gurl who is a (Bomber Girl) she transfers bag bombs to people during protests , shes what you call a runner, anyways shes running under the riot into sewers and a wolf bridgade is patrolling the sewer and shes getting chased, they suddenly corner her and she pulls the bomb but she gets killed before she has the chance to pull it. Thats how the story begins with a guy whos an ex on the wolf brigade. I won't tell you anymore , because really you should spend your well earned money on this great title set in the post WW 2 earra im guessing, spend your money on this title, both Grave of the Fire Flies and Jin-Roh are great together. The only downside is its like a opera with very long sequences, but still give it a chance. |
