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Let me get something straight here and now; Shoji Yonemura cannot write. Shoji Yonemura can't write Sentai. Shoji Yonemura can't write Kamen Rider. And Shoji Yonemura especially cannot write comedy.

Outside of a few neat in-jokes, Who's The Culprit is an obnoxious, painfully unfunny series of web shorts that fail to get anyone hyped up for Super Hero Taisen, which in and of itself, is a dung sandwich, and instead has the viewer reaching for the nearest sharp object so that he or she can gouge their eyes out in an attempt to repel the obnoxious unfunny nature of these shorts.

As a mystery story, it fails because the culprit is either way too obvious to spot or makes no logical sense to actually BE the culprit. You might as well have a bright neon sign that says 'We Are Not Funny' plastered all over the set. If you want to see a better series of comedic shorts based on Kamen Rider, you're better off watching the Kamen Rider SD short released in the early 90s'.

Bottom line-to quote Linkara- Shoji Yonemura, You. Are. A. Hack!

God Speed Love is, to date, the second Kamen Rider movie to take place in a post-apocalyptic future-the first one being Paradise Lost, only that was beautiful-this time set in an alternate future where ZECT controls the world's struggling populace with an iron hand, and Kabuto is a wandering badass, ala Kenshiro from Hokuto No Ken-in fact, the setting is almost practically identical to that anime, right down to the lack of water and Mad Max-style desert setting. What's interesting is that it shows the majority of the Kamen Riders as government enforcers, in fact there's even a Kamen Rider Civil War shown throughout the film.

Is it perfect? Not really, as it gets pretentious at a few points, especially with Kabuto's ailing sister and the Worms. And it's a bit sexist, given that there are no female Kamen Riders, and the only female character capable of fighting does a Lando Calrissian. But is it worth watching? Indeed. This was an experiment Toei should try more often.

But my advice-watch this movie before you watch the series, it'll clear up many mysteries and plot holes caused by the inept writing from Shoji Yonemura, as seen in the ending, which I won't spoil. But it is better than watching the actual show, mind you.