A while ago, before i started working, i had some time to kill and was in the mood to check some Lupin the 3rd movies. Some were good, some were horrible.
spoiler warning btw.
Lupin the 3rd - movie 1: the secret of Mamo
This movie was pretty good art wise, simplistic and old, but good. there's a delightful feel of vintage out of it.
however, the plot is complete bullshit...
Cutting right through most of the plot Mamo is a guy that claims to b god, threatens the world of a nuclear strike if his orders aren't followed. Lupin becomes involved when he steals the philosopher's stone which Mamo wants because it's suposed to contain the secrets of life.
Lupin ends up being chased by choppers, giant trucks, misc goons, until he is captured and taken to an island that makes no sense, it's like a greeks city with historical figures walking around such as Napoleon and Hitler. Then it's revealed that Mamo discovered cloning 10000 years ago or something, and has been cloning himself and all the historical people on the island.
Mamo plans to reset humanity by destroying it all and taking the most relevant humans with him to a planet where no one ever dies, or something like that. but he wants to take Fujiko, so Lupin gives chase and kills Mamo, only ot find out that the original Mamo is a HUGE brain in a jar mounted on top of a rocket.
Lupin eventually defeats the guy, but the story is such bullshit... might as well not watch this one.
if i had to rate it, out of 20, I'd give it a 7.
Lupin the 3rd - movie 2: The castle of Cagliostro
This is probably the best Lupin movie ever, shows a side of Lupin u wont see anywhere else.
Art is great, i dunno who the artist is but i've seen a lot of his work as a kid. It's really good and well animated stuff.
The story on this one is rather good as well, Lupin and Jigen rob a casino taking a truckload of cash, however while escaping, Lupin is able to tell the money is all fake. "Goat bills" to b exact, which come from a legendary counterfeiter suposedly in Cagliostro, a famous legend in the underworld. Lupin decides to find it.
On their way there, they see a young woman escaping some goons, they decide to help help, when Lupin saves her, he's hit on the head by a branch and falls unconscious, she leaves him a ring and starts running as a boat arrives seaside to give her chase, she is captured and "taken back".
Meanwhile, from the ring Lupin figures out who she is, Lady Clarisse, and learns that she is being forced to wed an evil count so that he can solve the mystery of the rings and get a "treasure".
The count is a real heartless asshole, and as Lupin finds out, has had hundreds of people killed for snooping around. Lupin decides to get inspector Zenigata involved so he can use him to his advantage.
Lupin manages to reach Clarisse, and promises to her that he'll help her escape, but Lupin is captured and ends up in a basement with a thousand corpses. soon after he finds that Zenigata has been there as well left to die. they decide to pair up.
While escaping, the both of them find the world's largest counterfeit operation ever assembled in the basement. They almost manage to free Clarisse, but lupin is shot and she trades her freedom for his life, before the count double crosses them, Zenigata and Fujiko escape with unconscious Lupin.
After the escape Zenigata reports the counterfeit operation to his superiors, who want to keep it hush hush. meanwhile Lupin is recovering from his injuries and planning to rescue Clarisse.
Lupin, Fujiko and Zenigata all work in a plan to both expose the counterfeiting and free Clarisse, the first part works nicely, but not the later, after some running and fighting, the count is killed and Clarisse is free.
The treasure turned out to b an ancient roman city submerged in the lake next to the castle.
If i had to rate this movie, 17 out of 20.
spoiler warning btw.
Lupin the 3rd - movie 1: the secret of Mamo
This movie was pretty good art wise, simplistic and old, but good. there's a delightful feel of vintage out of it.however, the plot is complete bullshit...
Cutting right through most of the plot Mamo is a guy that claims to b god, threatens the world of a nuclear strike if his orders aren't followed. Lupin becomes involved when he steals the philosopher's stone which Mamo wants because it's suposed to contain the secrets of life.
Lupin ends up being chased by choppers, giant trucks, misc goons, until he is captured and taken to an island that makes no sense, it's like a greeks city with historical figures walking around such as Napoleon and Hitler. Then it's revealed that Mamo discovered cloning 10000 years ago or something, and has been cloning himself and all the historical people on the island.
Mamo plans to reset humanity by destroying it all and taking the most relevant humans with him to a planet where no one ever dies, or something like that. but he wants to take Fujiko, so Lupin gives chase and kills Mamo, only ot find out that the original Mamo is a HUGE brain in a jar mounted on top of a rocket.Lupin eventually defeats the guy, but the story is such bullshit... might as well not watch this one.
if i had to rate it, out of 20, I'd give it a 7.
Lupin the 3rd - movie 2: The castle of Cagliostro
This is probably the best Lupin movie ever, shows a side of Lupin u wont see anywhere else.
Art is great, i dunno who the artist is but i've seen a lot of his work as a kid. It's really good and well animated stuff.The story on this one is rather good as well, Lupin and Jigen rob a casino taking a truckload of cash, however while escaping, Lupin is able to tell the money is all fake. "Goat bills" to b exact, which come from a legendary counterfeiter suposedly in Cagliostro, a famous legend in the underworld. Lupin decides to find it.
On their way there, they see a young woman escaping some goons, they decide to help help, when Lupin saves her, he's hit on the head by a branch and falls unconscious, she leaves him a ring and starts running as a boat arrives seaside to give her chase, she is captured and "taken back".Meanwhile, from the ring Lupin figures out who she is, Lady Clarisse, and learns that she is being forced to wed an evil count so that he can solve the mystery of the rings and get a "treasure".
The count is a real heartless asshole, and as Lupin finds out, has had hundreds of people killed for snooping around. Lupin decides to get inspector Zenigata involved so he can use him to his advantage.Lupin manages to reach Clarisse, and promises to her that he'll help her escape, but Lupin is captured and ends up in a basement with a thousand corpses. soon after he finds that Zenigata has been there as well left to die. they decide to pair up.
While escaping, the both of them find the world's largest counterfeit operation ever assembled in the basement. They almost manage to free Clarisse, but lupin is shot and she trades her freedom for his life, before the count double crosses them, Zenigata and Fujiko escape with unconscious Lupin.After the escape Zenigata reports the counterfeit operation to his superiors, who want to keep it hush hush. meanwhile Lupin is recovering from his injuries and planning to rescue Clarisse.
Lupin, Fujiko and Zenigata all work in a plan to both expose the counterfeiting and free Clarisse, the first part works nicely, but not the later, after some running and fighting, the count is killed and Clarisse is free.The treasure turned out to b an ancient roman city submerged in the lake next to the castle.
If i had to rate this movie, 17 out of 20.
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