Visually true to the original but lacking in substance

Rating: 4/10 (28 August 2019)

Well I did enjoy it but it could have easily been cut down by half an hour or so. It's great eye candy and true to the original in both look and feel but the lack of pace in the way the story is told is a let down. Not to mention the recent trend of trotting out the big star from the previous film towards the end to keep the audience in their seats.
I've seen recently that a few films are tending towards this style, it almost reminds me of some manga type movies (casshern springs to mind) which had scenes loaded with hidden meaning and expected the audience know what was going on at the expense of pace and plot and spent over 2 hours to basically tell us war is hell. I wonder if it's a deliberate move to make sure it's appeals to the Asian market more to cover the budgets