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I watched Movie Battle Royale. Kind of disappointing that I waited until I finished rewatching Ryuki, only for the special guests to do nothing that a troop of random GM Riders couldn't have done. Their placement in the poster and trailer make them seem way more important than they actually are. I guess it does explain Asakura's appearance in Outsiders, but that's about it.

Honestly, this movie is pretty dumb in general. Like, the only reason the plot happens is due to the Igarashis suddenly having a fourth sibling like the Saimas from GoGo V (male, male, female, male). Unlike Salamandes, this baby isn't a character, but rather a plot device, as the villains extract the devil and use him as a power source for their evil goal. Maybe in 20 years, he'll be the coolest Igarashi of all time, but for now, I'm indifferent.

Similar to the previous "Movie Battle", Sengoku Movie Battle, there are only 2 parts compared to the average 3 part Movie War. Wizard and Revice get the first part, while Gaim and Geats share their part with the crossover part. Despite my problem with Gaim, if I try and look objectively, I still think a Movie War should give proper focus to both sides. Kinoshita writes the Revice part all by himself and yet Takahashi still has to work alongside him for the rest.

The good thing about the Revice part is Vice coming back, as I expected he would. But typical of Revice, nothing is ever that simple. Later it turns out his revival was temporary, so we still have to go through more of this nonsense. Even when there's a solution to this, Ace writes a desire card to make Ikki remember Vice, rather than literally just writing, "a world where Vice is alive". So, what the hell, Ace? Again, I frankly don't care whether Ikki remembers anything. Furthermore, if Vice died due to Ikki's memory problem, then why is he still dead after Ikki remembered? Nothing here makes sense!

Kaima's father is an even worse parent than the Kuramas used to be. Kaima is kind of a bad dude as well for going along with the evil plan just to appease his father, but I have to pity him that his father only sees him as a tool due to him apparently not being as successful as his older siblings, even though he's literally an MMA champion. His father must be the same type as Amatsu Gai's father, expecting nothing less than 1000% all the time.

Tamaki gets a new upgrade to Over Demons, but unless you're actively looking for it, you may miss it. Well, it looks cool anyway, even though it lost its debut fight. Surely they could've put this somewhere else?

Tsumuri gets another costume change, which I also prefer to the original.

Ikki riding a motorcycle in one scene made me wonder if he ever did that before, which was immediately followed by the line chat with Vice asking the same thing. I thought that was pretty humorous, at least. As this is hopefully the last Revice content I'll see for a long time, I guess I may as well give them one last promotion. #NiceIkki #NiceVice #NiceBike

Overall, this was slightly more enjoyable than Super Movie War Genesis, but that's a low bar. The action was visually appealing and there were some good jokes, but doesn't compensate for the frustratingly bad plot. I doubt I'll have any desire to rewatch this one anytime soon.