Evangelion: 2.22 You Can [Not] Advance [Blu-ray]

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The landmark anime Evangelion evolves, reaching new heights of intensity in the feature film: Evangelion 2.22. In this explosive new story, brutal action and primal emotion clash as a group of young pilots maneuver their towering cyborg Eva Units into combat against a deadly and disturbing enemy.

In the battle to prevent the apocalyptic Third Impact, Shinji and Rei were forced to carry humanity's hopes on their shoulders. Now, as the onslaught of the bizarre, monstrous Angels escalates, they find their burden shared by two new Eva pilots, the fiery Asuka and the mysterious Mari. In this thrilling experience for fans of giant robot destruction, the young pilots fight desperately to save mankind - and struggle to save themselves.

Evangelion: 2.22 You Can [Not] Advance [Blu-ray] Reviews

194 of 209 people found the following review helpful:

Sheer brilliance, January 28, 2011

Daniel J. Eckert "film nerd" (Lindenhurst, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Evangelion: 2.22 You Can [Not] Advance (DVD)

For those who don't know, the Rebuild of Evangelion series is a four-part theatrical remake of the infamous anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. Evangelion was a deconstruction of the Giant Robot genre. The original series was very much love it or hate it. The polarizing issues ranged from the characters' notorious pyscholgical problems, to the confusing final two episodes, to the show's use of rather horrific imagery, peppered with pieces of Christian and Kabbalistic symbolism, resulting in one of the most brutal, influential, and controversial examples of Anime. I liked the original series, but I was fully aware of its flaws, and I considered it to be a flawed masterpiece.

Now onto Rebuild of Evangelion. Evangelion 1.0 sums up the first 6 episodes, with the continuity changed slightly, and the Angel fights given a massive makeover. I enjoyed it very much, and while it is very similar to the original, it sets the stage for Evangelion 2.0.

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31 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

Review of the Film itself, March 16, 2011

michael moreno "MM" (columbus,ohio) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Evangelion: 2.22 You Can [Not] Advance (DVD)

To understand truly how great this film is you should watch the original TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion which this Tetralogy is based on. The differences and improvements to the characters may seem subtle, but in a 2 hour film those differences are magnified compared to a 26 episode series which had a lot of time to develop characters.

That being said the animation, CG, lighting, etc are incredible and I can't remember seeing anime action look so incredible in a long time. I watched the English subtitled version of this film and voice acting and subtitles where fine, don't know about the English dub but the voice actors are supposed to be the same from the TV series so they probably did a fine job.

Also in case you don't know this is the 2nd out of 4 films, so if you haven't seen the 1st film you will be lost and be prepared to want more once the film is over. This film I will recommend to anyone regardless of a preference to anime or not, this is a... Read more

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

Profound and Moving Anime, March 31, 2011

Godfrey Carmichael (Little Rock, AR USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Evangelion: 2.22 You Can [Not] Advance (DVD)

If you loved the first incarnation of Evangelion, you will love this one even more. Hideaki Anno is re-envisioning the story. It reminds me more of The End of Evangelion. What does it mean? Hell, who cares. One gets the feeling that Anno is continuing to explore his own psycho-sexual depths. Beautiful. Can't wait for the next one.