Synopsis
In the future, in a polluted post-apocalyptic society called Eurasia after a war against Europe, the planet is devastated by the effect of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. The geneticist Dr. Azuma (Akira Terao) develops a technique called "neo-cell", capable of regenerating the body of human beings, sponsored by an evil corporation. His son Tetsuya Azuma (Yusuke Iseya) dies in the war, but after an accident in the laboratory of Dr. Azuma, Tetsuya comes back as the powerful warrior Casshern, while a new breed of mutants called "neo-humans" is generated in the plant. The neo-humans decide to annihilate the humans and raise a new world.

Review
Thanks to another dodgy piece of Bush style ‘world policy’ humans have managed to turn most of the globe into a wretched war zone. Then to make matters worse they accidentally create a new race of Neoroids who enslave them using an army of rebellious super-robots, designed to help avert a complete ecological disaster.

Humanity's only hope is Casshern, a hero who wages a solitary battle to defeat the Neoroids and restore Earth to rightful order. Ironically, Casshern's father is the scientist who engineered the race of super androids now threatening to destroy all of mankind. On a crusade to clear the name of his father, Casshern must sacrifice his own humanity in order to attain the powers he needs to defeat mankind's powerful enemies. But Casshern’s power does not come without a price. Haunted by the memories of his murdered mother and forced to deal with a super robot that manipulates the consciousness of his father, Casshern must put aside his own emotions and fight to preserve the survival of humans worldwide.

I can see this being remade by the Wachowski brothers – killer robots in a war torn future world. A hero who is ‘the one’ in an advanced suit of body armour. An extraordinary tale of science fantasy and social relevance which is pretty hard to describe? Yes, Casshern might be the story of man's best laid plans paving the way to potential destruction, but it tries to moralise about the horrors of war just as I was just hoping for more of the superheroic action. Visually amazing and worth a look, this is a near miss which could have been fantastic in a more capable directors hands.


Cast
Yusuke Iseya- Casshern/Tetsuya Azuma
Kumiko Aso- Luna Kozuki
Akira Terao- Kotaro Azuma-hakase
Kanako Higuchi- Midori Azuma
Fumiyo Kohinata- Kozuki-hakase
Hiroyuki Miyasako- Akubon
Jun Kaname- Barashin
Hidetoshi Nishijima- Lieutenant Colonel Kamijo

=O this movie looks AWESOME!=D imma have to find a way to watch this XD looks so actiony and like coool lol thx for the review Lyndi

This movie is very cool ....
Like Kamen Rider ....
But more graphic ....

This looks cool and seems interesting. Will definitely add this to my list of "must-watch" series. Thanks for the review!

This is really embarrassing, but I fell asleep in the middle of watching this movie. *blushes*

I guess I'm too simple-minded; I didn't understand most of it. Probably because I fell asleep at the important parts too. Hehe.

Interesting at first, but it fails during the second half. Shame, it had a lot of potential, too. Oh well, at least its better than devilman.

Too complicated makes the storyline dull

Still haven't seen it, but it's promissing.

(03-27-2007 04:04 PM)Hyde0104 Wrote:  This movie is very cool ....
Like Kamen Rider ....
But more graphic ....

movie is cool