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Rating: 4/5
Review: "20th Century Boys 3 DVD review"
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Before the movie, you will be given a flashback of what has happened so far until the third movie. As the last and concluding movie, it is expected to be fast-paced and to have lots of twists revealed. Yeah, it is fast-paced for a runtime of 2 hours and 32 minutes with some twists lurk in the dark, waiting to be revealed. At the same time, the director manages to pack in dramatic and emotional scenes.
The story: It starts off 2 years after the second movie ends, it is the year of 2017. Friend is still destroying the world and the heroes are to stop his evil plan. Reasonably, I felt the pace fast due to the fact I was urging to know who the hell Friend is. There are more clues of who Friend is but i did not bother to rack my brain, I just had to sit back and watch the story progress in the final climax. There is not much a mystery to this unlike the previous ones, this is more straight to the point. The special effects are realistic considering the fact it is a Japanese movie.
Overall: 20th Century Boys is one of the best trilogy and one of the best japanese movie I have seen. It made full use of its big budget. It is also one of the few trilogies in Japan. Unfortunately, Japan is not a fan of trilogy. I hope there are more big budget trilogies coming in Japan. I am not worried about Hollywood.
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DVD special features-Rating: 1.5/5
Nothing much included. Just a simple interview (5 minutes). The questions asked are simple. There is not even a question on about the filming. Its own trailer (2 minutes) is included with some other japanese movies previews. Kind of disappointing considering that this is the last DVD of the 20th Century Boys triology.

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