Ranked #2103

Dirty Pair: Flight 005 Conspiracy

Kei and Yuri, the intrepid Dirty Pai ... er, I mean, Lovely Angels are back on the job. They have two assignments this time. First, to investigate a space liner explosion in which three hundred people died, but no one`s come forward to claim any insurance money!!? Second, to find a missing scientist and his family. Are the two cases connected?

As the title hints, there IS a Conspiracy, so it comes as no big surprise when the 2 cases are linked. The story is predictable and the animation is old school. If they didn't cut corners on the animation so much I would have scored it higher. This movie did kick up the ecchi factor. It was like Kei and Yuri visited the plastic surgeon after the original TV series was done. I spent half the movie wondering how on earth Kei and Yuri's "bras" could in reality hold their boobs up, wires or no wires, it's just not possible to pack that much mass into clothing designed with a diamond cutout on the middle of the chest, without something(s) falling out (if you know what I mean).

But I digress, characterization and comedy are the biggest hallmarks of Dirty Pair, and this movie goes over the top on both. Chief Gooley goes into mega hysterics when the central computer assigns The Dirty Pair to these two cases. I thought it was WAY over the top considering that Chief Gooley has worked with them forever and so should be semi "used to it" by now. Comedic bits are evident in the reaction of various people when the Dirty Pair introduce themselves.

The real issue with this movie is besides the ham factor, the voice acting is atrocious. The Japanese version is slightly better than the english voice actors, but even then you can't keep a straight face at some of the things that are said. The english voice acting for Kei was terrible - I didn't believe anything that came out of her mouth. It made half the show seem like a very bad 1950s B grade horror schlock, no Oscars will be won for the voice acting here.

Overall, this was not a very good movie and it could and should have been done much better to do justice to the Dirty Pair.


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