I didn’t have the opportunity to see The Warrior’s Way in theaters. This was partly because it wasn’t screened for critics but mostly because it came and went so quickly that I hardly had a chance and it simply slipped through the cracks like so many genre films do.

The plot concerns Yang (Jang Dong-gun), a warrior-assassin, who is sent to kill a small child, the last member of an enemy Refusing the mission Yang takes the child with him into hiding. Hunted by his clan Yang finds refuge in a rundown carnival town in the American West only to find that the locals are frequently terrorized by The Colonel (Danny Hudson) and his small army of cowboy ruffians. Yang is presented with the difficult choice of keeping his anonymity or using his training to liberate his newfound friends from The Colonel’s tyranny.

This isn’t the first time that a director has attempted to combine elements of the American Old West with a Samurai twist but, despite the rich history between the Western genre and Japanese cinema, the majority of these films have often been disappointing. Most notably are 1997’s Once Upon a Time In China and America starring Jet Li, 2007’s Sukiyaki Western: Django directed by Takashi Miike and 2008’s The Good, the Bad, the Weird from Kim Ji-woon. Of these three films only Kim’s film, which is more a madcap comedy than a traditional western, is entirely satisfying. So where does The Warrior’s Way fit in? By the wayside I’m afraid.

Visually I quite like the film. It takes elements from various sources like HBO’s Carnivale and Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and marries it with the equally cartoonish world of Kung Fu Hustle. The fantasy setting works, but the script and the majority of its characters, which include Geoffery Rush as the town drunk and Kate Bosworth as the beauty with a painful past, feel thin and uninspired. It’s not nearly as empty or forced as Jonah Hex or the equally dreadful Ninja Assassin but all the style and combat choreography, no matter how well it is done, can’t make up for the film’s lackluster script.

Bonus features are limited to a behind-the-scenes footage and a handful of deleted scenes.

Scream queen Danielle Harris (Hatchet 2, Stake Land) stars as Maria Sanchez, a fearless television reporter investigating the disappearance of hundreds of Midwestern University students. Her big break comes when Emmett (Lance Henriksen of Aliens fame), a shifty local, agrees to reveal all that he knows about the missing students and a troubled man named Cyrus (Brain Krause from TV’s Charmed).

Cyrus: The Mind of a Serial Killer (not to be confused with the Duplass Brothers’ film Cyrus or 1986’s classic horror film Henry: The Portrait of a Serial Killer) is fairly, and this might shock some of you, derivative. From the TV journalist character, the rural setting, the killer’s abusive childhood and the film’s claims to be based on true events Cyrus is nothing most horror fans haven’t seen before. But, unlike many B-movie genre flicks, Cyrus features some nice performances and a surprising amount of character development for its killer. This pushes Cyrus, despite its copious amount of gore, away from the slasher genre and more into the psychological horror realm.

Vadik has clearly put in a lot of research into his script but this occasionally gets in the way of the story. His use of clips of “serial killer experts” (one of which is played by Hellboy’s Doug Jones) is too clumsy, disrupts the film’s flow and is entirely unnecessary because the information provided is covered by in other aspects of the narrative.

Cyrus: The Mind of a Serial Killer isn’t nearly as smart as it would like to be but it works far better than the majority of B-movie psychological horror films. Those looking for non-stop violence might find the plot a bit slow but horror buffs should put Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer on their radar.

Considering the success of Avatar and Clash of the Titans it was only a matter of time before Sam Worthington’s early Australian films started to surface in America on DVD. Pros and Ex Cons was originally released in 2005 under the title Fink!. It was directed and written by Tim Boyle who, as far as I can tell, isn’t related to Danny Boyle by blood or originality. The film is a postmodern mix of ironic humor and violence and comes across as a poor man’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (which in return might have been the British take on Pulp Fiction by way of Reservoir Dogs).

The plot revolves around Terence Fink (David Wheeler from Farscape), a crime lord with incompetent hitmen (The Matrix Reloaded’s Steve Bastoni and Sam Worthington). They’re talented assassins but since they rarely kill the right person Fink decides to outsource and hire a pair of mercenaries to do his dirty work. This leads to the first of many mistaken identity twists that serve as the basis for the film’s plot. Throw in a little of Richard Pryor’s “Superman III” scam to siphon loose change from thousands of bank accounts and you’ve got Pros and Ex-Cons.

The majority of the film’s cast is filled out with Australian soap opera stars, B-list actors and other virtual unknowns. Their performances range from acceptable to annoying but that shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. Worthington is decent but fans shouldn’t expect to see much of him. The film is very much an ensemble piece that splits its time between its plots fairly evenly. Unfortunately this means you’ll end up spending more time with certain subplots that you’d rather avoid entirely. I’d like to say that Pros and Ex-Cons is worth your time but its so forgettable that unless you’re a Worthington completeist you’d be better off revisiting Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

Funimation released several really cool announcements at their Industry Panel yesterday. Here’s the roundup of the biggest news:

Funimation.com is hosting “The Summer of Streaming” in which you will be able to watch over 5,000 episodes of anime for free. The reporters over at Funimation “did the math” and informed us that 5,000 episodes is roughly “100 days of anime” which is pretty awesome! Even better – you can track what you’ve watched using their Summer of Streaming Checklist. On top of all the free anime, they’re also hosting several contests in which they’ll be giving away neat anime-themed stuff, so I’d say anime fans should definitely rush right over to their website and enjoy the awesomeness! Currently the theme is “Beach Week” so when you head over you’ll see beach themed episodes from shows like Ouran High School Host Club, Hetalia, Witchblade, Air Master, School Rumble and Heaven’s Lost Property.

"Ouran High School Host Club"

Funimation also announced that they’ve acquired North American distribution rights to Deadman Wonderland for 2012. The show will be available streaming on their website this year, so I’m glad that they’ll also be bringing the show to us on DVD and Blu-ray. I watched through a few episodes this spring in the original Japanese and found it pretty interesting. (You can read my review of episode one here.)

Baka and Test – Summon the Beast‘s second season (Baka to Test to Shokanju Ni!) – has also been picked up by Funimation to stream online for free just days after it airs in Japan later this month. If you haven’t watched Baka and Test yet, you are definitely missing out! The show is a crazy blend of high school comedy and drama; rpg-esque, summoning-based video game themes; and mayhem. Yes, I’m aware that what I’ve given seems like a strange description – but it fits. “Class F” is a group of complete and absolute failures… and you’ll find yourself rooting for them all the way.

“>Watch episode one and see what you’ve been missing!

Also acquired by Funimation for release in the U.S. are [C] – Control – The Money and Soul of Possibility,  Steins; Gate, and the “risque comedy” B Gata H Kei – Yamada’s First Time.

B Gata H Kei follows “Yamada, a boy-crazy school girl with distracting daydreams about future bedmates – but before she can get this saucy sex life underway, she realizes she first needs to lose her virginity! She knows to whom she will bestow this prize: her classmate Kosuda. However, a successful seduction of Kosuda is more difficult than this lusty teen had counted on.” (…Oh my!)

“B Gata H Kei – Yamada’s First Time”

That’s all for now. Stay tuned for more updates from Anime Expo 2011 here at Big Shiny Robot!

Anime Expo in Los Angeles is now under way and there are already some big announcements being made.

Viz Media announced today during their panel that they will be releasing both the Professor Layton Film – Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009, Japan), and the Bleach Film – Bleach: Fade to Black (2008, Japan) – this fall on DVD and Blu-ray. (I know I’ve said this a lot about DVD and Blu-ray releases from Japan lately but…Finally! Two to three years is a long time!)

Viz also announced that they will be premiering Season Two of Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital – simultaneously with the Japanese premier on Sunday, July 3rd over at their website.

“Based on the bestselling manga series by Hiroshi Shiibashi, the story follows young Rikuo, a typical junior high school student… But little does anyone know – he’s 1/4 yokai, and heir to the fearsome Nura Clan, leader of all the yokai! He’s successfully navigated the territory conflict against the Shikoku yokai in Season 1, but now he must contend with the most powerful enemy yet – the Hagoromo-Gitsune and her Kyoto yokai!”

If you need to catch up, go marathon through all of Season One at Viz’s Webite or over at Hulu. This cool trailer for Season One should give you a good idea of what you’re in for.

To celebrate the premier of Season Two, Viz is also giving away Volume 1 of the Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan manga for a limited time through their digital device Manga App (for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch). Go download it now before it’s too late!

Stay tuned for more updates from Anime Expo 2011 here at Big Shiny Robot!

Elvira’s Movie Macabre is back on television after a 20 plus year hiatus. The Mistress of the dark has had a long career spanning music, and film, but she has returned to her true love, hosting b-movies for the raving hoards of gore hounds across the world. She was kind enough to speak with BSR! about her new T.V. show and subsequent DVD releases.

BSR: How did this relaunch of the show come about and why did you decide to bring it back?

ELVIRA: It’s been 20 years since the original Movie Macabre and it’s not like I haven’t been trying. It’s hard to get the movies sometimes but everything came together this time.

BSR: I saw an article from wired magazine when Night Of the Living Dead was announced as the first movie to air last year and I’ve been watching the show on a local channel. Are the new episodes in syndication?

ELVIRA: Yes, we have 20 episodes in broadcast syndication now with some repeats and there an extra six episodes for DVD’s. They’ll all be double features so I guess that’s 13.

BSR: Perfect Number! Will these also be available on Hulu and Netflix?

ELVIRA: Oh yes, they’ll be everywhere and you can get them on Amazon.com too.

BSR: Do you have a team of writers that just sit around watching the movies to come up with jokes?

ELVIRA: No it’s just me and Ted Biaselli, I really love all the movies I show even if they’re terrible. We watch every single one and write the show.

BSR: How did the collaboration with the Band Ghoultown for the song “Mistress of the Dark” come about?

ELVIRA: I met them a few years ago at a convention in Texas. My manager said “You’ve got to check these guys out!” they’re like cool rockabilly so we got to talking and I wanted someone else to do a song about me besides the Oakridge Boys (laughs).

BSR: Cool, well it’s a great song and video. Do you get recognized in public or at cons?

ELVIRA: No I never get recognized in public! If I’m at a convention out of costume I’ll get stopped sometimes. A lot of those people are big fans and recognize me out of costume, it’s flattering.

BSR: I guess you get the best of both worlds too as far as fans go, the comic book crowd and the B-movie fans.

ELVIRA: Yes I have great fans obviously the gothic fans and Comic-Con crowd but I also get a lot of bikers and prisoners.

BSR: That’s a pretty diverse crowd. You’re also known as a champion for gay rights.

ELVIRA: Yes after working with so many gay people and knowing so many of them die of AIDS…

BSR: And you also work with PETA?

ELVIRA: Not currently but yes I’ve worked with them, gay rights and animal rights, I guess those are my two things (laughs).

BSR: Thanks so much for talking with Big Shiny Robot! Is there anything you’d like to add?

ELVIRA: Yes thank you. Check out ELVIRA.COM. I have a new online store going up soon and find me on facebook. Somehow my the Official Elvira Facebook page was erased and I lost all my followers. It’s terrible, please come back. There are a lot of Elvira pages on there, so find the official one.

BSR: Will do! Thanks again for your time.

Elvira’s Movie Macabre Double Feature Presentation DVD’s can be pre ordered at Amazon.com now they will be released 6/14/2011

This week: catch Tiger and Bunny online for free, and pick up Tenchi Muyo: Ryo Ohki’s new Classic DVD Box Set release!

First up on this week’s update:

Viz Media announced last week that it has officially acquired U.S. Rights for Tiger and Bunny, which is currently the top selling Blu-Ray series on Amazon.jp and is rapidly becoming a huge success here in the U.S. You can already watch Tiger and Bunny on Viz Anime’s website (as well as Hulu) and the episodes have been premiering the same day as they release in Japan. (They’re already up to episode ten, so you can have a little marathon to catch up if you want!)

Since Viz has acquired the product license for this title, we should see announcements for DVD and Blu-Ray releases very soon (along with the possibility for toys, collectibles and other fun stuff!). It’s currently free to watch online, so check it out if you are a Shonen/Action manga fan (it fits the young-adult action genre quite well).
“TIGER & BUNNY follows veteran hero Wild Tiger on his fight against crime for corporate superheroes group NEXT, all the while being filmed by superhero reality show HERO TV… But a tendency to destroy public property while protecting the lives of the innocent has earned him the nickname “Crusher for Justice”… Now, under orders from his new employer, Wild Tiger finds himself forced to team up with rookie Barnaby Brooks Jr., aka “Bunny”… Will these two polar opposites be able to work together to fight crime?!”

Next up on this week’s update:

I’m happy to announce that Tenchi Muyo: Ryo Ohki got re-released in a new Classic Box Set today! The various Tenchi Universe series were some of my favorites back when they aired on Toonami in the late ’90s, and this is a great chance for those unfamiliar with the series to pick up the early episodes. You can find them here on Amazon for $13.99. Note that this boxed set is unedited (unlike what aired on Toonami back in the 90’s) so there will be some nudity.

Now if only they would release all the Tenchi Universe series on one huge DVD box set with special features!

For those of you who didn’t catch Tenchi back in the 90’s, here’s the English opening that aired on Toonami:

Perhaps one of the single biggest reasons I seem to be as old fashioned as I am is the deep and heavy influence of Nick at Nite. When Nick at Nite launched, they were playing all of the best television from the 50s and 60s.

I didn’t watch a lot of the new shows at the time when I was a kid, I was much more content to watch Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Doby Gillis, The Twilight Zone, and Car 54, Where Are You?

When I was given a chance to take a peek at the complete first season at Car 54, Where Are You? I jumped at it. I remember this show as being very funny and since I’ve been watching so much Alfred Hitchcock and Twilight Zone from roughly the same era, I thought it would be good to relearn what comedy was like back then.

The show largely centers around Officers Muldoon and Toody and Precinct 53 in Brooklyn.

Sure, the show is pretty dated. Though it was made from 1961 to 1963, this feels very much like a product of the 50s, but that’s really part of its charm. There’s this adorable innocence to the whole thing and it’s just this charming, working class look at beat cops in Brooklyn.

I’ve lately found myself quite drawn to that “working class” kind of humour and charm from the past (though mainly in older works like Chaplin’s Modern Times and The Three Stooges) but this show at times really embodies the same kind of thing. But on other levels, it feels very much like The Odd Couple. The first season covers a lot of different ground and never once did I feel like they were telling the same story over again.

Maybe the overwhelming charm of television in the sixties isn’t your bag, but if there’s one show that might change your mind about it, it’s this one.

Take this for example:

And yes, that’s Fred Gwynne, Herman Munster for those of you hip on old school comedy horror.

You can get Season One on Amazon. It’s a steal. For $20 you get 15 hours of entertainment, which is some of the best bang for your buck you can find on DVD.

The hit show on Cartoon Network, Young Justice is coming to DVD on July 19! Produced by Warner Bros. Animation this new series follows the adventures (and sometimes, misadventures) of Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian and Artemis as they execute missions given to them by Batman and bring down the bad guys from the DC Universe.

Being a big fan Teen Titans when it was on the air, I was pretty excited for this series, and it met my expectations. The animation is fantastic, the episodes are full of great action, the stories are skewed a bit towards a slightly older audience (but still appropriate for the main demographic of children) and the producers have done an excellent job intigrating the DC big-hitters while still keeping the focus on this team of side-kicks. If you have yet to check out Young Justice I highly recommend picking up this DVD when it hits shelves.

Official Press Release:

THE NEXT GENERATION OF DC UNIVERSE
SUPER HEROES PUT THEIR TRAINING TO THE TEST AS WARNER HOME VIDEO RELEASES YOUNG JUSTICE SEASON 1 VOLUME 1
ON DVD JULY 19, 2011

One Disc Featuring Four Fantastic Episodes of the Brand-New
Cartoon Network Show from Warner Bros. Animation

BURBANK, CA (May 4, 2011) – The newest Warner Bros. Animation–produced hit series on Cartoon Network finally arrives on DVD as Warner Home Video (WHV) unleashes its secret weapon with Young Justice Season 1 Volume 1. These DC Universe teenage super heroes have quickly proven to be a hit as the favorite show among boys 9-14. With non-stop action, Young Justice Season 1 Volume 1 comes to DVD for the first time on July 19, 2011.

In Young Justice, being a teenager means proving yourself over and over — to peers, parents, teachers, mentors and, ultimately, to yourself. But what if you’re not just a normal teenager? What if you’re a teenage super hero? How much harder will it be to prove yourself in a world of super powers, super villains and super secrets? Are you ready to come of age in such a world? Are you ready for life or death rites of passage? Are you ready to join the ranks of the great heroes and prove you’re worthy of the Justice League? That’s exactly what the members of Young Justice — Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian and Artemis — will find out: whether they have what it takes to be a proven hero.

These teenage heroes collectively become the Justice League’s secret weapon against the forces of evil. The young protégés must put their super hero education to the test and band together to covertly fight the evildoers that exist on Earth-16. Utilizing The Cave as their home base, the teen heroes will take on under-the-radar missions that would be impossible for the league’s famous and identifiable elders to handle secretly.

While the team works to take on more super hero responsibilities, they are in constant training by the Justice League to eventually take their place alongside the great heroes. Red Tornado is their supervisor; Black Canary is in charge of their training; and Batman determines and directs their assignments. Of course, in true teenage fashion, the members of the team push the limits of their missions, often turning a simple assignment from Batman into something significantly larger.

“DC fans have been vocal about their love for Young Justice, so I am particularly pleased to announce our first DVD release,” said Sam Register, Executive Vice President Creative Affairs, Warner Bros. Animation.

“We are thrilled to bring the newest and youngest members of the DC Universe to homes with the release of Young Justice Season 1 Volume 1,” said Mary Ellen Thomas, WHV Executive Director of Family and Animation Marketing. “As a brand new series, Young Justice is already a favorite and will continue to excite fans with its group of crime-fighting teenage super heroes.”

Young Justice Season 1 Volume 1 is executive produced by Sam Register and produced by Brandon Vietti and Greg Weisman. The voice cast includes Jesse McCartney as Robin, Khary Payton as Aqualad, Jason Spisak as Kid Flash, Nolan North as Superboy, Danica McKellar as Miss Martian, Stephanie Lemelin as Artemis and Bruce Greenwood as Batman.

Episodes:

Young Justice Season 1 Volume 1

1. Independence Day, Part 1

2. Independence Day, Part 2

3. Welcome to Happy Harbor

4. Drop Zone

About Warner Home Video:

With operations in 90 international territories, Warner Home Video, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc., commands the largest home entertainment distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video’s film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Video and New Line Cinema.

About DC Entertainment:

DC Entertainment, home to such iconic DC Comics properties as Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash, MAD Magazine, and Fables, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating across Warner Bros. and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its superheroic characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment, and interactive games. Publishing over 1,000 comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Comics is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world.

BATMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics.

About Warner Bros. Animation:

Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, with an innovative and talent-rich roster boasting some of the most accomplished writers, producers and artists working today. The studio is on the cutting edge of animation technology, and has both CG and traditionally animated projects in current production and development. In 2010, WBA unveiled three new theatrically released CG cartoon shorts that feature iconic Looney Tunes characters Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, rendered in stereoscopic 3D. For television, WBA currently produces Batman: The Brave and the Bold, MAD, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated and Young Justice for Cartoon Network, and will soon launch The Looney Tunes Show, ThunderCats, Green Lantern: The Animated Series and more. WBA also creates the highly successful series of DC Universe Original Animated Movies for DVD. Producing for multiple platforms including TV, digital and home entertainment both domestically and internationally, WBA is highly respected for its creative and technical excellence, as well as for maintaining the Studio’s rich cartoon heritage. It is also the home of the iconic animated characters from the DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries. One of the most-honored animation studios in history, WBA has been honored with six Academy Awards®, 35 Emmy® Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents’ Choice Award, the HUMANITAS Prize, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).

Today I’m excited to bring you my review of Summer Wars, which I finally picked up on Blu-ray yesterday. Please note: though a bit lengthy, this review does not contain spoilers. Enjoy!

Summer Wars first premiered in Japan in 2009, and was an overnight success. Since its Japanese premier, it has won several awards including the coveted 2010 Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. The film is directed by Mamoru Hosoda, who is well known from his prior award-winning film “The Girl Who Leapt through Time.”

The story centers around mathematical genius Kenji and his geeky friend Takashi, who spend their time working as the maintenance “code monkeys” for the OZ virtual realm. Their friend Natsuki comes into the story when she asks Kenji if he wants a job, and subsequently drags him off to her home in Ueda (near Nagano) to pretend to be her fiancé. Once there, Kenji solves a mega math problem on his cell phone that frames him as a criminal hacker who brings chaos to the virtual space known as OZ.

There are two worlds in this film: that of the Jinnouchi clan’s homestead and greater Japan, and the virtual world known as OZ. The animation in this film is groundbreaking – and effectively transports the viewer through OZ’s explosions of brilliant color and stylized characters, to stunning portrayals of Japan’s countryside. Images of Japan’s shinkansen, train stations, city-scapes, and countryside are spot on (and give you a realistic picture of the beauty of Japan…even though this story and the virtual realm that is OZ are fiction).

Natsuki’s family live in a clan home that dates back to beyond the Tokugawa era, and this film does a great job portraying the historic Japanese homestead. When Kenji enters across the delicate tatami floors, you can see Samurai armor ceremoniously displayed in the background. There are classic hardwood and panel walls, and rooms that are open to inner baths and zen gardens. The Jinnouchi family is also a romanticized portrayal of the very close bonds that many large and traditional Japanese families possess.

In the virtual world of OZ, people sign on with ultra-colorful and unique 3D avatars. This world is one of the most fun and unique portrayals of the internet and virtual community that I’ve ever seen. All speech in OZ is universal, and people speaking any language can communicate with others through the internal translator (which automatically converts text to the native language of the user). Virtual sports and games supply endless hours of entertainment (including the ultra-cool lightsaber, lazer beam filled battle arena that holds the OZ martial arts championships.). Administrative agencies, businesses, video, the news, fun, relaxation, research – everyone and everything are online and rely upon OZ to keep life going. Imagine all the media you get in your life being delivered in an ultra-colorful, 3D virtual realm. I for one think it’s stunning and imaginative, and wouldn’t mind being planted into OZ for a day or two!

The plot isn’t just cutting-edge, it’s truly immersive – it really manages to plant you into a place where virtual reality can ultimately change our lives forever (and perhaps this future is not unlike our own). The social commentary that serves as the backdrop to this film really does speak to our over-reliance on technology. We also see the conflict and struggle to maintain balance between two worlds – one driven by the connectivity we get through the internet and one that values traditional networking, family ties, and friendly alliances.

When the cyber terrorism A.I. takes over OZ, it threatens the world by shutting down everything we rely on. Imagine everything that supports society suddenly going haywire – traffic lights, GPS, water mains, electricity, gas lines, power lines, emergency services, fire alarms, train systems, bank accounts, walk signals, cell phones, television, satellites, nuclear missiles – anything and everything that is linked to the internet! If anyone has seen Live Free or Die Hard, you’ll note that this collapse is a lot like the “Fire Sail” they discuss in that movie. This artificial intelligence, programmed to learn and seemingly unstoppable, manages to crash the entire infrastructure of Japan, and the world, in a matter of minutes.

Summer Wars should be a must-see for anime fans and for those who aren’t even really that much into anime. It has a wide appeal like many Ghibli films and I feel it could be enjoyed by just as wide an audience. With DVD and Blu-ray versions widely available now in the States (and available for rent through Netflix), I definitely suggest giving it a watch. Can Kenji, his friends, and the Jinnouchi clan stop the A.I. from destroying everything around them? Watch the movie and find out!

Enjoy this theatrical trailer from Warner Brothers and look for the DVD and Blu-ray versions on Amazon and Netflix.