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Rating: 3.5/5
TV review: "Cutie Honey the live review" (2008) (25 episodes)
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I have finally finished watching this. The japanese drama, Bloody Monday took quite a lot of my time. Based on the anime and there is also a live-action movie-not related to this series. Now coming to this, it is a pretty engrossing series with good over-the-top fight scenes. Clocking at 23 minutes each episode, Cutie Honey manages to entertain me with its silly and lame jokes, fight scenes using wire and suspense. As it goes near the end of the whole series, there are dark secrets spilled out. The truth about Honey and etc.
The story: It is basically Cutie Honey fighting off the bad guys, Panther Claw consisting of some weird villians like the so-called leader of the group who always likes to say,"Shit!" in english when he gets angry. He does in a comical way especially when he says,"Son of a bitch!", a smile forms. It features fight scenes probably not featured in any series. This is the first japanese drama I have seen to feature extended fight scenes. Even Hollywood action series cannot match up to this for fight scenes. Yes, the stunts are over-the-top and done by wire but it is nice seeing some over-the-top things.
Overall: Is it a good drama? Yes, you want an action drama, here is one. I have bought the DVD on a special price. The picture is good and clear but the english subtitles is horrible, I sometimes had to laugh at the half-baked english sub or got confused with what they are saying and cried because its english is ghostly. Obviously the two-disc edition is barebones of extra features. "Son of a Bitch!" My money gone in the ass of this dvd.

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