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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Just finished Beyond Generations, and despite it being the crossover movie for Saber and Revice, I found that it actually works pretty well as a standalone. Really dug the character development on Century himself, and the action was consistently smooth all the way through. Plus, the scenes with Hongo were pulled off well and were a delight to watch. Not my favorite Rider movie, but a fun time all the same.

I watched it yesterday and thought it was pretty enjoyable. Feels good to return to the Movie War format after 2 years. I like how Century's name is very appropriate, being the fusion of Ryuunosuke from 1971, Hideo from 2021 and the Cyclotron Driver from 2071. I appreciate how Revice used Neo Hopper Genome in the final battle, since it gave a feeling that Zero One was present in spirit, which is a nice consolation for never getting to star in a Movie War with Saber. We also got to see Touma use his final form, unlike Aruto. As a fan of Xross Saber, I was very excited about that.

The Saber guys don't really have a lot of personal involvement in the story though, since it's mostly the pillar at Southern Base that serves as the catalyst to pull them in to the conflict. However, we do get some sweet moments for Rintarou/Mei shippers (and a fanservice-y one for Rintarou/Sophia shippers!), Reika is unusually tolerable here (or maybe she just seems more tolerable compared to Sakura) and Touma does deliver an important moral to Vice about the importance of keeping promises (Sakura clearly not paying attention though, SMH). Vice is naturally not the type of person to value promises, so this is a big development for him and it reminds me how awesome Touma is, that his powerful words can reach even the heart of a devil!