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What are you watching (Sentai edition)
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03-22-2024, 11:58 AM
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TokuKnight89
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Finally rectified something and watched the first truly original Sentai Movie yesterday: Gorenger's "Bomb Hurricane" (or "Hurricane Bomb", depending on the translation).
When I say "first truly original Sentai Movie", it's because all the other films for Gorenger were just rehashed episodes blown up to theatrical proportions. This is first truly original work released in a theatrical setting.
The plot is pretty basic as far as your standard Gorenger formula. There's a "blow everything up with missiles and/or bombs" plotline which the team has to uncover in very James Bond fashion. Seriously, you can't look at Gorenger and not see the James Bond influences! The spy-craft is very much on display and very flashy as far as spies go, but that's what James Bond made popular.
The Kamen Kaijin, Steel Sword Dragon, is...pretty bland, and that's a shame cause he has such a fascinating design which looks like it would fit right at home in Kamen Rider Amazon. He doesn't have a lot of special abilities and his personality is reduced to growls and roars.
The plotline revolves around an arms dealer and a woman. The woman has a secret identity...
as the Black Cross Fuhrer himself
! This is definitely playing into the enigmatic nature of Black Cross, but also feels rather dated at the same time.
The arms dealer is snuffed out rather quickly and makes wonder if
Momo
committed a murder! If would play into the thematic constraints I already brought up, but still.
Not hard to figure out, but the film's name refers to the special attack at the end and it's different...but simple and not as flashy as you'd hope for. If you've never seen this movie, but always wanted to cause you wanted to see the inevitable finisher, you might feel as though the whole thing has been overhyped cause the aftertaste is just a little bland. It's a move that makes you wonder "Why didn't they just use this in the series proper?"
It's not a bad movie if you like Gorenger, and definitely significant in Sentai history cause any movie or crossover with special attacks or even special power-ups or special combinations is derived from the basic elements seen here. Not quite like Gao Knight or GouraiSenpuujin Sword and Shield or Burning Legend DaiVoyager or Engine DaiShogun or Samurai Formation 23 or Go-Buster Kero-Oh or Tatagami Raiden Kyoryuzin, but each one of these and more owes their existence to this film even if it's only in a small way.
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