Quiver before the might of the evil android Alfred and his mistress Helen! Thrill to the brave exploits of General Larry! Watch as the Mazinger 7 crew drag some children along into battle against the forces of darkness!
It's another cheap Korean knock-off anime, dubbed over by Joseph Lai and his IFD company. You know what that means. We start with the awesome IFD logo. And since it's a Digiview DVD, we get to see it twice - once before the trailer and then once before the movie proper.
What a movie. Bright, stupid, unbelievable. The plot is so generic as to defy specific description. But Alfred wants to conquer the universe, and only the brave Mazinger 7 crew stand in his way.
The dub is one of the worst I've heard on these Joseph Lai animations - I think only RAIDERS OF GALAXY's was worse. Everyone sounds like a special education ESL student - especially the blonde guy in the Mazinger crew. But maybe he was supposed to be German? Everyone either has a halting, uncertain cadence that undermines their dialog, or they shout their lines with declarative simplicity. The dialog is either totally inane ("I had a party once . . . it was so fun!") or just . . . what!? (the Orion King's babbling at the start of the film)
Alfred's blue bionic henchmen are the comic relief for the film. They dance, they pratfall, they get drunk and then dance and then fall down . . . and they stage a boxing match for Alfred. Even as a seasoned viewer of "bad" films, their antics brought a smile to my face. This film is above ironic enjoyment, "so bad it's good." This film is simply a bright stupid good time.
Consider Alfred, our lackluster antagonist. He's about as threatening as his name. And he's betrayed by his own mistress Helen, who then repents for her betrayal about 5 minutes later. I can't help but feel sorry for him and his mad little scheme to control the universe. And his lieutenant, Blackman, the blue booby with a dashing mustachio, who whips around corners with a comic little "swoosh." All these poor fools. The Mazinger 7 crew are little better. The girls barely have any lines or character, and it's mostly just Kent and Siperian (sp?) going at it in a battle of half-wits for leadership. With the terrible dub/dialog this is all pretty surreal to watch, like a computer's poorly coded approximation of human interaction. That basically sums up all of Joseph Lai's Korean animations: not films, but incredible simulations.
This movie is guileless, it is honest, it is cheap. It is worth $2 for the DVD.
It's another cheap Korean knock-off anime, dubbed over by Joseph Lai and his IFD company. You know what that means. We start with the awesome IFD logo. And since it's a Digiview DVD, we get to see it twice - once before the trailer and then once before the movie proper.
What a movie. Bright, stupid, unbelievable. The plot is so generic as to defy specific description. But Alfred wants to conquer the universe, and only the brave Mazinger 7 crew stand in his way.
The dub is one of the worst I've heard on these Joseph Lai animations - I think only RAIDERS OF GALAXY's was worse. Everyone sounds like a special education ESL student - especially the blonde guy in the Mazinger crew. But maybe he was supposed to be German? Everyone either has a halting, uncertain cadence that undermines their dialog, or they shout their lines with declarative simplicity. The dialog is either totally inane ("I had a party once . . . it was so fun!") or just . . . what!? (the Orion King's babbling at the start of the film)
Alfred's blue bionic henchmen are the comic relief for the film. They dance, they pratfall, they get drunk and then dance and then fall down . . . and they stage a boxing match for Alfred. Even as a seasoned viewer of "bad" films, their antics brought a smile to my face. This film is above ironic enjoyment, "so bad it's good." This film is simply a bright stupid good time.
Consider Alfred, our lackluster antagonist. He's about as threatening as his name. And he's betrayed by his own mistress Helen, who then repents for her betrayal about 5 minutes later. I can't help but feel sorry for him and his mad little scheme to control the universe. And his lieutenant, Blackman, the blue booby with a dashing mustachio, who whips around corners with a comic little "swoosh." All these poor fools. The Mazinger 7 crew are little better. The girls barely have any lines or character, and it's mostly just Kent and Siperian (sp?) going at it in a battle of half-wits for leadership. With the terrible dub/dialog this is all pretty surreal to watch, like a computer's poorly coded approximation of human interaction. That basically sums up all of Joseph Lai's Korean animations: not films, but incredible simulations.
This movie is guileless, it is honest, it is cheap. It is worth $2 for the DVD.
