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Studio: Section23 Films Release Date: 09/20/2011 Run time: 60 minutes
Mardock Scramble: The First Compression Reviews
Mardock Scramble: The First Compression Reviews
| 73 of 75 people found the following review helpful:  very dark, very mature, very good., This review is from: Mardock Scramble: The First Compression (DVD) Fasten your seatbelt, keep all arms and legs inside the vehicle. Mardock Scramble is an action packed, emotion jolt - a veritable Sin City meets Blade Runner. In it, Balot, the victim of endless abuse and tragedy, finds herself somehow alive after having been brutally murdered. Or so she thought. Now she has the chance to bring her "killer" down and to do so she has been outfitted with a synthetic skin and rebuilt body that provides her with amazing powers. With the zany Dr. Easter and the ever reliable (and more human than the humans) mouse/super weapon Oeufcocque, she will face a string of foes and the horror of her own past as she tries to find a reason to keep on living. A few warnings though. If you are sensitive to rather shocking scenes and themes, you may want to steer clear of this. Balot's passed is filled with horrendous abuse and it plays out through her flashbacks. The themes are mature and violence and sex are all over the place. And Balot spends almost... Read more 44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:  An Amazing Story With Amazing Characters - But A Hash Edit, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Mardock Scramble: The First Compression (DVD) This is going to be a little difficult for me to review because I have seen the original Japanese version a couple years before this version was released. I will reference the Japanese version but this review is for this one. The original Japanese version, in my honest opinion, is an amazing work of art. This one however. While still not bad, is a product that I have several problems with.Now many of you might think that this is going to be a person ranting about how poor American dubs are. This is not that. While the American voice acting is not the greatest in the world, it gets the job done for those who insist on watching it that way. What I do have a problem with is that this is a censored edit. While the reasoning for it is understandable, the character Balot is only 15 after all; showing her naked on screen having sex is an extreme taboo here in America. But, having seen the original version, I spent the entire time distracted by all the edits that were made... Read more 18 of 20 people found the following review helpful: Very violent, very good, By Kiltmaker (Maryland) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Mardock Scramble: The First Compression (DVD) The previous review was right on target. This is definitely NOT for the kids. It not only has ultra violence it looks into the gritty effects of abuse on a person. That said, it is very good,and takes you into the motivations for the lead character. Character development is one of the strong points of this show. The technology used is outstanding, highways through the air, cars driven by thought, weapons that morph into anything you want, etc.The show is one hour long and ends in a cliff hanger, so don't expect closure with this one. As I write this, Amazon doesn't show any second episode yet. |
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