[Kurona]

It's definitely a film that could be better and I agree with your criticisms; but I definitely feel this is one of the more well-rounded pieces of 01 media. I actually find it pretty well self-contained as a tragedy (mixed feelings about its sequel), and while some of it is a little weak... it's a V-Cin with under an hour to follow up on plot threads from the show, create a new threat, build upon the themes of the ARK and advance past them, and build character dynamics between Horobi, Jin and Fuwa that just weren't there in the show.

It's... a pretty big ask of a single movie like this, especially with one that inevitably has one of the shorter runtimes! So I find it pretty impressive what it is able to achieve in there; and that it smartly does place its focus on the inherent tragedy of Kamen Rider Metsuboujinrai