Kingdom (2019)

Average movie with some plot holes

I watched this movie mainly because of Kento Yamazaki and I have to say this wasn't his strongest role.
The movie in general has really nice costumes, locations and scenes, but the overall story is a little bit strange (at least).
There were too many scenes that were lacking some logic for me (almost all of them at the end, in the palace) which killed my high expectations. Some characters were also really strange and I didn't understand their purpose (for example the character of General Ouki).
This is not a trash, no, it's a nice movie when you just want to relax, but don't expect anything special or you will be dissapointed.

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Great Start to Epic Story

I went into this movie having already thoroughly enjoyed the anime and I had some trepidation that a live action film would not re-create something similar.

I was also prepared that this is only the first part of an ongoing story. This is the start of the journey for Shin to become the worlds greatest general and Zheng to unite China.

I'm glad I ignored that trepidation. and began this live action journey. This was a genuine fun watch.

Yes, it didn't re-create every moment of the anime both in story telling and the action scenes, but I never felt short changed. The action scenes were well choreographed and story flowed.

The cast in this movie managed to bring to life the anime characters that I was familiar with. The ending was maybe slightly weak, however in the context of the future films I wasn't overly bothered by this.

An enjoyable watch.

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