Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison

Intense ninja action and a gripping story are combined in Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison, a fascinating addition to the Naruto franchise. The movie takes viewers on a suspenseful and mysterious rollercoaster as it follows Naruto, who is falsely accused and held captive in the foreboding Blood Prison. The storyline has depth because of the well-crafted scenario, which includes surprising turns and surprises. The excellent animation effectively conveys the core of Naruto's fearsome ninja abilities, enabling viewers to develop a stronger emotional bond with their favorite characters. For both seasoned viewers and those who are unfamiliar with the ninja-filled world of Naruto, the film is clearly a must-see.

All Naruto movies are pretty nice, but they usually have this emotional outburst of loyalty and desire to protect, followed by annoyingly inspiring shouted speeches that are just too much to take. This film has very little of that, it starts with an interesting premise, continues to the end in a pretty straightforward way and then it ends with a bang.

The ending could have been better, I grant you that, but it wasn't awful and Naruto didn't just breeze through with some jutsu or another, he actually had to fight it out.

Bottom line: not the best Naruto movie, but one that I liked.

First of all, I don't understand which universe this movie takes place in, because as far as I know from the main story, when Konoha was not destroyed yet, Naruto could not know the Sage Jutsu, and he also did not know Bee's face. If they made this movie just to serve the fans, the value of the main story will decrease. To comment on this movie, I can divide it into two halves. The first half is before the winged monster appeared. This is the best story development in the shippuuden movies so far. The castle scenes and the costumes of the characters are all attractive and beautiful. I really like the design of the masks of the leaders of the Grass Village. The story is rushed as usual: in the blink of an eye, Naruto was taken away. But then things delve into Mui's secret and this brings the appeal to the story of the mysterious castle. When Ryuuzetsu appears, she also shows a reasonable influence on the story. Everything including the Muku twist was fine until the second half of the story. The winged beast appeared and the bad things from the dialogue to the action scenes and a lot of ridiculous nonsense. The sound editing was not better either. I even think the director in charge of the second half of the movie fell asleep. The absurdities were too much to accept like a person with a big hole in the chest still walking, observing and talking, crying... these made the scenes that were supposed to be emotional at the end of the movie become bizarre jokes. The things that were worth waiting for at the beginning of the movie turned into ridiculous comedy.

Definitely a step up compared to Movie 3 & 4 this movie actually brings something new. The action is also quite intriguing but still it has it's flaws especially at the end of the movie. Nevertheless solid movie.

The movie is fair but doesn't compare to the series.