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Welcome to the future. Civilization has collapsed under the attack of a virus that has randomly turned ordinary people into arsonists spewing flames from their eyes and mouths. The core magma is also boiling, threatening the survival of the earth. Humanity can only hope for a giant spaceship that might take them to a new world, or a group of firefighters determined to put out the fire.
This is the world in Japan's latest crazy animated action blockbuster, Promethea. It's filled with free-form jumps and imaginative weapons, while the brilliant background color shifts resemble classic arcade game animations. There are several particularly long fight scenes in the film, which are constantly increasing their stakes in terms of danger and destruction, and later introduce aliens, other-dimensional universes and the concept that not only human survival is threatened, but the earth itself will also be destroyed" is introduced. In short, you'll find that this is a very ridiculous movie – so the version released in the mainland has a graphic treatment of the pseudoscientific commentary clips in it.
The story focuses on the heroic firefighter Garo (voiced by Kenichi Matsuyama), who acts recklessly, but after years of manipulation, he suddenly wakes up and resolutely decides to act is still very pleasing. He was already famous when he first appeared, and he not only fought fires with great success, but also brought the burning people who set fires to justice. However, everything changes as he bare-chestedly sees Leo, a young Burner who has lost his armor (voiced by Taiichi Hayaot), in a particularly complex battle.
It's not that they fell in love at first sight. While Gallo and Leo do have a lot of time in the film, the presence of the female characters in the film seems to be there to ensure that we don't get the wrong impression, but some things do change. Gallo began to question why he had been fighting people who looked no different from him. He began to suspect that there was some unknown conspiracy under way.
"We need to burn things to survive," Rio said anxiously, imagining what would happen in the real world if someone kept setting fires, but it wasn't ours. As the terrible encounters of the Burning people after their arrest are revealed, Leo and Gallo unexpectedly form a strange alliance. Both characters are essentially teenagers, with a lot of strong emotions to compound the high drama of the plot, and the various unbridled visual spectacles and action scenes in the film are ultimately intended to "burn" the audience.
As the pace gets wilder, the narrative is completely free from the laws of physics, but there are still many classic genre elements like secret bases, remorseful scientists, and monsters without malice to admire. The good guys are noble and selfless, the bad guys are all for power and money, and at its core, Promea is nothing more than a simple heroic fantasy.
"Promea" reminds me of those foreign cartoons that aired on television early in the morning as a child. For adults, watching this kind of movie requires a certain amount of patience and energy, but if you are a big fan of this type of Japanese anime, you will be in it, or you happen to be underage, you will also enjoy this audiovisual impact.