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After the atrocity that was the ATLA movie. I didn't think people would even ask him to direct anything since he poisoned his name with such a terrible movie adaptation of the perfection that is ATLA. But alas... he's back... *sigh* I guess we'll wait for the next big plot twist.

I'm sorry, I know plot twists are his thing but they haven't been good for a looooong time. The problem isn't even that you expect them, just that they utterly suck. There's a difference between laying the bread crumbs for a good twist and adding a twist for shock value. Twist does not equal good writing.

"Old" has a seemingly never ending amount of issues. From the camera bouncing all over the place, to the overly squeaky clean ending, to the obnoxious characters and dialogue that you have to sit through for the majority of the movie. Yikes.

It's saving grace was that I saw it in a near empty theater with a few friends so we were able to laugh at the horrendous abomination of a film taking place. Every time the film tried to be "graphic" or "disturbing" it came off as almost forced and, to be frank, kinda funny. I think old would have been x10 better if they either just went full campy thriller horror or the complete opposite and put a lot more effort into making this film, well, have better ~e v e r y t h i n g~

I will give some credit, (mostly to the graphic novel it is based off of: "sandcastle") it is a nice more original idea, but... the execution... ouch.

The dialogue still gives me nightmares it was so bad. Almost on par with riverdale.

M. Night... I don't hate you. I still love a lot of your movies. But please, for the sake of all of us, get ur scheiße together. I know you have it in you to make at least just one more good movie.

First off: that ending shook me. (Okay onto the review)

At first glance this show looks somewhat generic, I had my doubts in the beginning. It starts off with not a very clear story line with much mystery as to where it is going, but you soon see it is something else. The characters are each unique in there own way, all of them mostly follow a basic anime character trope (but without spoiling anything) they all change as the show changes. At the end of each episode I find myself on the edge of my seat wondering what will happen next and how everything will be resolved. The character development is outstanding on a select few of the cast. It's gripping story line leaves me wanting the next episode every single time.

In addition the art is beautiful (I myself love art and seeing this series makes my happy so I may be biased) the animation is wonderful and includes well choreographed and animated fight scenes.

In conclusion, akudama drive has much more to it than what you think (around episode 5-6 is when the plot twists start coming). Some episodes leave me absolutely speechless (I'm talking about you episodes 9 and 10). The ending concludes the series in a shocking way that leave you wondering, what happens now? I definitely recommend giving this one a try, it will not disappoint.

It is available on Funimation and Hulu as of 2020