Be fore warned that this particular movie is A LOT more violent than usual. I gave up counting how many people die after fifteen on screen deaths complete with blood in the first few minutes alone.
Not that I dislike violence (I mean just look at my watch list.)
More that its a pretty big departure from the usual Lupin tone.
Also Goemon still doesn't get to stab anyone, a dude puking out all his blood and collapsing in a massive pool of his own gore is okay but a sword? That's too much. It's not even like our heroes don't kill. Lupin straight up shoots a guy in the forehead and Jigen gets to shoot some people too.
On a much lighter note this time the DVD version ISN'T ripped from a burnt/scratched film so that's a huge plus but it's still in a pretty poor aspect ratio with lots of compression.
Other than that the animation is rock solid, though I think some of the new characters were drawn off model a few times and it looks really distracting.
Most of the jokes land and the movie is overall very enjoyable despite the unusually dark tone.
The plot is weirdly similar to the last James Bond film "No Time to Die" There's an island that has a lab on it that used to be run by some secret military unit and the main character gets injected with a bio-weapon that forces him to stay on said island. I guess someone is a Lupin fan?
There's actually a pretty huge plot hole because that bioweapon is a MAJOR plot element and at the end Lupin just leaves the island with no cure or anything. I wanna say its a plot hole but Lupin also claims to be able to make his own cure? Somehow? I guess? I have no idea. Maybe its a translation issue?
Other than that I actually enjoyed this one a fair bit, its still not the best Lupin movie ever (Castle of Cagliostro still holds that honour) but it's definitely good enough if you can find a cheap copy somewhere.
