This is a great film that I can recommend to almost any anime watcher, even those who have yet to see any of the other Kara no Kyoukai movies. Mujun Rasen (Paradox Spiral) has a lot of "popcorn" action and suspense while still being fully immersed in Kara no Kyoukai's dark world. Be sure to watch it on Blu-ray quality video.
Story: 8
The story is much faster paced than the first four movies, which was sorely needed. One fault of the Nasuverse (the deep and underlying mythos of Fate, Tsukihime, and KnK) is that some concepts (such as the "counter-force") are hard to grasp, and this film is so focused on its quick pace that it leaves a somewhat ambiguous explanation of the concept. This isn't a huge detriment to the plot, and the climax of the movie does not rely upon those concepts to a fault. In fact, it is a welcome change from the "infodump" style of exposition favored in the first four films.
Watch it till the end, enjoy the story, maybe we can talk about it later. Don't want to spoil people here.
Art: 10
While not as extravagantly and thoroughly detailed as say, a studio Ghibili movie, ufotable does an amazing job of translating the film's brutal action and menacing atmosphere into a visual experience.
Small visual queues such as a half empty Haagen Dazs strawberry ice cream cup (how much did these guys pay ufotable anyways???) permeate and reappear in disjointed scenes to accentuate the unsettling and discontinuous atmosphere of the whole movie.
Sound: 9
The music is excellent, and the huge number of small audio queues that repeat throughout the most jarring scenes of the movies only add to the shock value.
Character: 8
The story of Enjou Tomoe is the backbone of the character development in this movie. Through his unreliable and disturbed mind we see the nature of evil afoot in this film. The main antagonist embodies inhumanity at its most noble form.
The characters are strong, yes, but its hard to gather all of their motives accurately from this single film. Again, the way that ufotable handled which characters to flesh out the most is much better than any "infodump", so it is not a detriment to the series; if nothing a reason to watch the rest of it.
Enjoyment: 9
The most important scenes of the film are filled with amazing cinematography and symbolism towards the story's main themes. The final half of the movie will stun you in terms of animation and plot development.
Now excuse me as I watch this masterpiece again.
