Animation: Good
Depth: Weak
Design: Good
Characters: Fair
Story: Fair
Dub / Sub: -/+

Type: movie

Vintage: 1999

Category:

» action
Verdict: average
Review:

You're Under Arrest: The Movie


Summary: >

Natsumi and Miyuki are back in action, but this time they're going up against a criminal force which just may be too much even for them to handle. At first some rather unusual events started happening... traffic lights going out, finding an abandoned car full of guns... but something was happening, it was just a matter of finding out what it was before it was too late. In fact it seems to have something to do with a special computer disk that even Miyuki can't crack. All of this is leading up to something, and the chief knows, he just isn't talking. The question is can they stop whatever is going to happen before it's too late?


Thoughts: >

The YUA movie is basically supposed to be an action packed thriller. Rather surprising, is how well they actually pulled it off. The amount of work that went in to animating this film certainly shows through to make for some exceptional animation.

The biggest drawback of this title is that it is basically your formula action movie, meaning it's equivalent to any Hollywood blockbuster. If we wanted Hollywood action movies, that's what we would watch. There is certainly no shortage of them. If you're wondering why I'm not talking much about the movie, it's because there isn't much to say about it. Blockbusters rarely have much worth discussing.

You're Under Arrest isn't a series that is notable for it's action, and not surprisingly that's never been the big draw for fans. As such this is another example of {franchise}: the movie, which manages to miss the point of what a series was about. Ok for an action movie, but I think this ironically makes it the least appealing incarnation of the franchise.


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reviewed by archen in 2000