Good bits: - The one big fight scene in the middle was great. Lots of dismemberment and shot very well and with good style for the most part. - Saya's pretty cute.
Bad bits: - Blood, as in the actual blood coming from dismembered limbs, tries to be stylised but ends up looks like cheap effects. - Plot holes you could drive tank through... In fact it's worse than that, much of the important aspects of the background are just not there and the film tries to make references to things that aren't covered at all. - The demons look like they're designed to be easily turned into toys and lack any kind of believability. Cheap CG shows in their movement in some scenes. - Character development is quite, quite bad. Alice, for example, seems quite at home with the concept of demons after just a few minutes and has surprisingly few questions about the phenomenon. - The end scene and final fight is just shockingly poor, too much build up, not enough substance.
Although I've not seen the anime (though have heard it's short and also poor) this film is seriously lacking and a real let down.
Bad bits: - Blood, as in the actual blood coming from dismembered limbs, tries to be stylised but ends up looks like cheap effects. - Plot holes you could drive tank through... In fact it's worse than that, much of the important aspects of the background are just not there and the film tries to make references to things that aren't covered at all. - The demons look like they're designed to be easily turned into toys and lack any kind of believability. Cheap CG shows in their movement in some scenes. - Character development is quite, quite bad. Alice, for example, seems quite at home with the concept of demons after just a few minutes and has surprisingly few questions about the phenomenon. - The end scene and final fight is just shockingly poor, too much build up, not enough substance.
Although I've not seen the anime (though have heard it's short and also poor) this film is seriously lacking and a real let down.