[Locke]

I'm about two thirds through God Speed Love, I had plans to watch it all tonight and write a review, but it's been really bad so far so I decided to just save the final third for the morning.

Despite the epic setting, the majority of the movie is focused on some chick called Hiyori, who has no real introduction or characterisation, and is portrayed by such a poor actress she has no personality or likeability either. I didn't come here for romance, I came for dudes in spandex punching the sparks out of each other!

They focus on Hiyori to such a point, it makes me wonder why they included so much of everything else. We have almost as many Rider's here as we did through the entirety of Dragon Knight and every fight is so brief, slotted between chemistryless romance scenes, that Rider's die before they do anything at all, others get killed by flashy finishing moves while the rest of their fights take place off screen, some Rider's die from things other Rider's can shrug off, it just feels cheap.

Plus we can't forget Kabuto himself, a Rider whose very characterisation is to dramatically understate everything and make everything look as easy and natural as possible. It makes him come across as so ridiculously overpowered he is basically broken, and makes action scenes feel like nuisances to get out of the way.