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GANTZ is based on a hit manga series created by Hiroya Oku and stars leading Japanese actors Kazunari Ninomiya (Letters from Iwo Jima) and Kenichi Matsuyama (Death Note, Detroit Metal City). The film tells the story of two childhood friends that are accidentally killed while trying to save a man's life. Rather than find themselves in the hereafter, however, they awaken in a strange apartment in which they find a mysterious black orb they come to know as GANTZ. Along with similar abductees, they are provided with equipment and weaponry and manipulated into playing a kind of game in which they are sent back out to the greater world to do battle with alien beings, all while never quite knowing whether this game is an illusion or their new reality.
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By Goldust22
Format:DVD
I made sure I had watched the anime Tv series and read past book 20 of the manga series before watching this film.
As a big fan of Gantz I felt let down after watching the live action film. I feel a lot of the horror was missing from the movie, the violence was too little and it was pretty cheesy at times. I don't want to ruin it for Gantz fans as it is still worth watching if your a fan but little things like characters who should not be there that early on appear and three characters who really added to the series don't even make an appearance which is a let down.
The Temple scene from the film in particular was something I kind of felt ripped off by, that story arc/mission in the Manga and anime is one of my favourite things ever but the film kind of takes everything special and unique about it out and replaces it with something you would expect to see in a saturday morning tv show.
I would watch the sequel but I'm now not in any rush to.
As a big fan of Gantz I felt let down after watching the live action film. I feel a lot of the horror was missing from the movie, the violence was too little and it was pretty cheesy at times. I don't want to ruin it for Gantz fans as it is still worth watching if your a fan but little things like characters who should not be there that early on appear and three characters who really added to the series don't even make an appearance which is a let down.
The Temple scene from the film in particular was something I kind of felt ripped off by, that story arc/mission in the Manga and anime is one of my favourite things ever but the film kind of takes everything special and unique about it out and replaces it with something you would expect to see in a saturday morning tv show.
I would watch the sequel but I'm now not in any rush to.
By G. O'Neill
Format:Blu-ray
I should state up front that I have not read the manga before viewing this film. I loved the first half hour. The slowly unfolding story of why the people all appear in a room together after "dying" is excellently done. It is unhurried and takes time to focus on the variety of human emotional reaction to the horrific situations the "dead" people find themselves in. The violence is shockingly done and done well. However, once we get the premise I felt that the story should have moved on a bit quicker. There was one mission to many. The basic premise was to arm "dead" people with amazing futuristic weaponry and set them against very nasty aliens in fight-to-the-death scenarios. This was all well and good. However, there were countless times where the person holding the amazing futuristic weaponry was a trigger-pull away from zapping the alien scum and inexplicably did not pull the trigger. Literally, point-blank, finger on the trigger, pointing at alien head situations. Instead they generally ran away from completely stationary aliens. This got really annoying for me. Particularly in the last mission where a statue, yes a statue, was evidently too quick for the people with the ray guns. I did enjoy the film but the suspension of disbelief got too difficult for me.
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By Mrs Kuchiki
Format:Blu-ray
Being a fan of the Gantz manga and anime, I expected that something had to give when making this into an action movie. A lot of the story is missing, but for me the film really worked. In some ways I prefer this to the anime (as it removes Kurono's purile obsession with Kishimoto's breasts and the temple fight scene was far too long in the anime). There is no sexual content but there is enough gore to make you cheer, laugh and wince at the same time. The aliens are made really well and actually add an odd humour to it. Also check out Kanata Hongô the actor who plays Nishi too, he is cracking.
Haven't watched the dubbed version so can't comment but overall the makers have done a great job. Can't wait for 'Perfect Answer' to see what dimension they can add to the Gantz Universe.
Is it accessible to non Gantz fans? I honestly don't know. I'm depseratley trying to get my husband to watch it to gauge that but unfortunately he is far too busy. : )
Haven't watched the dubbed version so can't comment but overall the makers have done a great job. Can't wait for 'Perfect Answer' to see what dimension they can add to the Gantz Universe.
Is it accessible to non Gantz fans? I honestly don't know. I'm depseratley trying to get my husband to watch it to gauge that but unfortunately he is far too busy. : )
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2.0 out of 5 stars
don't buy this copy buy the usa 1
don't buy this copy buy the usa 1 You get a 3 disc set at a good price and it has the DVD copy with it as well. IT has the Original Japanese Language as well as a English overdub. Read more
Published 8 months ago by D. E. Lovatt
5.0 out of 5 stars
Highly Recommended Japanese Masterpiece
Gantz is one of the films which make you think of the story for weeks after watching them. The plot is very interesting, lots of action scenes and superb special effects as for a... Read more
Published 11 months ago by JJ
3.0 out of 5 stars
Low Budget, Mostly Goreless, Barely follows the Manga, Action flick.
I went into Gantz with high expectations after being a long time fan of the anime and manga and to be honest I was brutally disappointed. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Setsuna .F. Seiei
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