Sure, I wasn't really harboring much of any grand expectations to the 2019 Japanese action sci-fi "Aian Gâru Final Wars" (aka "Iron Girl: Final Wars"), given the movie's cover and synopsis. But hey, it being a Japanese movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I opted to give the movie a chance.
I recall having seen the 2012 predecessor "Aian Gâru" before, but can't remember anything from it aside from the title and the cover.
Writer Yasutoshi Murakawa didn't really deliver a gem in Japanese cinema here with the script for "Aian Gâru Final Wars". Sure, the movie was watchable, but you're not in for a grand evening of Shakespearian cinema here. Actually, the storyline was rather simplistic and just felt sort of shallow and not really given much consideration.
The acting in "Aian Gâru Final Wars" was fair enough, I mean with taking into consideration the type of movie that this was. I just don't understand why they hired the actress for the leading role, because her puffy duck-like botox upper lip was just an eyesore and drew attention to it and stealing away attention from the rest of the screen.
The special effects in "Aian Gâru Final Wars" were adequate enough. However, I was laughing hard every time they had a blood effect. I just love the way that blood instantly vaporizes in movies such as this.
I suppose that there is an audience out there for movies such as director Ken'ichi Fujiwara's 2019 movie "Aian Gâru Final Wars", especially if you're a Japanese adolescent movie viewer. I have to admit that I felt that the movie wasn't really in my particular category of preferred movies.
Yeah, I made it through "Aian Gâru Final Wars", but I have no plans of ever returning here. Nor is it a movie that I will openly recommend for fans of the Japanese cinema.
My rating of "Aian Gâru Final Wars" lands on a four out of ten stars.
