[Enchilada645]

So this was a solid flick, not amazing but I did enjoy my time revisiting it.

I just do find it funny how much the plot has to twist and bend to fit a certain narrative in order to keep it going. There are things where this story would not work out well if something minorly different happened. Like if pickpocket lady decided to actually give Terui back the thing she saw him use to beat up the people trying to attack her the prior night when said same people show up again.

It was mostly an excuse for a handcuff fight scene which is pretty unique, that and the restaurant brawl gave me huge Yakuza/Judgement vibes. Though when it came to action sequences I did kind of start tilting my head and asking "But why bus though?" when it came to certain things.

Akiko... I like, kinda get where she's coming from. But once we hit the bus scene she regresses really badly and I honestly did not like most of her scenes until the very end.

Anyway Commander Dopant is cool and I do like how we find a bit of an excuse to bring in W to fight but not fight the main threat. Accel Booster is also fun to see in action. I do like that it's not even like its a pure flight based form, it's basically maxing out the idea of a motorcycle boosting and making it to where he can do that in various points of his body which in turn allows his gliding and flying.

Though that said I do like how it's very clever for them building up to Accel needing a different form due to being temporarily crippled. There's constant focus on his right leg getting struck, and when the main hit actually lands, it's believable because that leg's been taking a beating all day.

Speaking of forms though is like... is Trial a form that needs to be used in Rider Form to actually function? Because like "Oh no Accel Memory is gone" but what about Trial? And on that question... have we ever seen Terui go straight into Trial before? I don't think so...

Anyway random rambling aside, this was an enjoyable flick.