[Kamen Rider Lucha]

I agree with the folks who didn't like Black Sun, but I think I have different reasons.

I thought the hyper-violence was well-executed and genuinely shocking at times. I thought it tried to tackle some interesting, meaty themes. But ultimately, it was atrociously paced. There is virtually no plot development for long stretches of time, and then, just when you think something exciting is about to happen... it is undercut by weak attempts at grounded realism. The lack of momentum would be fine if it had been supplemented with compelling character work, but the main characters are mostly thinly drawn replicas of Professor X and Magneto. It's a lot of retread narrative ground. A lot of been-there-done-that vibes.

I think Black Sun was handicapped by the choice to make it a series instead of a movie. It is a prime example of a story that has enough content for two hours that was stretched out to roughly eight in order to fill Amazon's demand for a streaming series.