[GoldenXtreme]

You ever watch something and realize that you really needed more context? That's me with Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis. It's an adaptation of the famous "dark fantasy historical novel" series Teito Monogatari, but I kind of expected the film to try and do more for people who weren't familiar with the source material. Add that to my limited knowledge about Japanese historical figures, the extremely dense plot, and a runtime of over two hours. Needless to say, I struggled to follow it.

A few names that worked on this movie caught my eye. H.R. Giger contributed some designs to this movie, but it wasn't a film that was very heavy on creatures in the first place so I was rather disappointed. Akio Jissoji, who I know for the extremely surreal episodes he directed for the Ultraman series, was also directing for this film. While it does have a bit of his visual flair to it, I was also disappointed overall because the movie was so dang normal looking compared to his other stuff I have seen.

Might be best to leave this movie as a historical footnote... That being said I'll try the sequel later and see how I like it.