Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution

Lots of people hate on this movie, is it all justified or is there some unfair judgment. First problem is that a good part of the film is only scenes from second season. I understand it's good to put a few reminders of previous events, but making it good half of the movie is really too much. Another issue this film is facing is too many fighting scenes. This is an action anime, but its good to show some bonding time between characters. If they took a break and made characters interact more it would make this piece a lot better. Lots of people say animation is lazy which I can't agree with. Animation is not as good as usual, that Il admit, but it's still very good. To summarise my opinion jjk can do a lot better. We saw their amazing stories, characterisation, music and animation. That's why this is a disappointment. They can do a lot better. If it was a usually worser anime I would be pleased.

The first 38 minutes of the movie is season 2 recap. I'm a JJK big fan and the movie horrible. There's literally no fight between Yuta and Yuji. All the scenes were just back and forth. The movie is just an introduction to season 3. Doesn't deserve to be in the cinema. Just a waste of time and money.

I've never written a review before in this website, so do forgive me but:

I don't think I've ever seen anything as arrogant as this. They managed to squeeze around 35 mins of recaps into a movie shown in theaters.

What an absolutely disappointing realization, everyone just sat through the first half of the movie joking and taking pictures. There was nothing to watch, nothing worthwhile talking about.

I don't like this method of storytelling, I hope it dies with this movie and it doesn't become a trend. It just made the second half much less enjoyable.

What an incredible waste of time.

Don't go to watch it, it's a waste of money and time. Very disappointed.

From beginning to the end, no highlights at all.

The overall production quality felt sloppy from rushed editing to uninspired visuals. It's a 100% a poorly made money-grab movie.

Overall, it failed to deliver anything memorable or meaningful. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

If you've only watched Jujutsu Kaisen up to the Hidden Inventory/Premature Death arc, then I would highly recommend watching the whole Shibuya Incident arc before thinking about seeing Execution, as the 40 minutes dedicated to Shibuya don't do it justice at all. You get the key highlights and the need to know info, plus Sukuna's fight is the improved Blu-ray version and not what aired on TV, but a lot of the context is lost, and it will confuse new viewers.

Despite Season 3 being known as the Culling Game Arc, we don't see any of it - the first two episodes cover the Itadori's Extermination Arc and the start of the Perfect Preparation Arc. The fight scenes in these episodes are really good, and there's just enough to tease you with for the rest of the season.

Of course it's not going to live up to Infinity Castle or Reze, as it's just a compilation rather than an actual movie, but after over two years away, it's good to have JJK back. Roll on January 2026!