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I found this movie on Netflix accidentally and after scanning it for the first 3 minutes (which I always do), I decided to greenlight it n give a go. I knew nothing about the original manga, and I had not watched any trailer before. Hence it was a fresh start and I solely wanted to focus on how ENTERTAINING it could be. Wow, turned out I binge watched it till the end.

First let me say something about the action. It's a typical American style action sci-fi. So car chasing, gun fighting, advanced aircraft's, super powers.... They r all there. The crew has now missed anything I expected.

The cast. Great to have an Asian face (from One Piece, that's a bonus) as the main character. He has done his role well. One reviewer complained he closed his eyes too much. No! That's pretty normal. I always did that when I did fencing long ago. Need'a focus before a critical strike!

Plot. As an action movie u can't expect much. Hurt by baddies, escaped, did the training, defeated the baddies, kept finding the missing sis, more baddies would come (in the sequel). Simple as that. Not a conspiracy story after all.

Visual effects are very typical and successful. Maybe u can draw parallel to a gaming walkthrough but that could be very positive. People just love gaming walkthroughs!! As long as it's entertaining then I don't see any problem in it.

Lastly, acting is a pass. I personally won't put it in the first place. It's an ACTION movie. Their role is to deliver the actions and adrenaline to audiences. A super pretty face (like in many Korean movies) it shapely body (like many Hollywood movies) could unnecessarily spoil the whole movie.

So as in independent reviewer I gave this movie 8 stars. It has done well as an action movie.

P. S. I only knew it's an adaptation AFTER I had finished watching the whole movie.