Eitoman - Subete no Sabishii Yoru no Tame ni |
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Japan • 1992 • 83m •
   • Directed by: Yasuhiro Horiuchi. • Starring: Sachiko Ayase, Mickey Curtis, Tadao Nakamaru, Osamu Ohtomo, Daisuke Shima, Jô Shishido, Kai Shishido, Etsushi Takahashi, Toshihide Wakamatsu. • Music by: Carole King.  After Tokyo police officer Yokoda is killed in the line of duty, his chief decides give Yokoda's body to Dr. Tani for use in a secret scientific experiment: Yokoda's brain will be transplanted into a super-powered robot body, making him into an unstoppable policeman of the future. The supercop develops problems, however, when he begins to remember his human past. Then there is the matter of Dr. Tani's other cyborg, who has become a super-powered homicidal maniac.
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Review:
The Ironic twist is that the filmmakers for 8 man did everything right, but it was too right. The anime it was based on was already cheaply animated and looked just like that. Forget the fact that the cartoon is from the 60's It's still weak if you compare it too other anime from that time line, like Gigantor and speed Racer. The film was obviously b-grade cheap, but I feel that using the same tricks that were done in the cartoon made it too cheesy. In their attempt to mimic 8 man's super powers like his speed they did a disservice to it. They should have come up with something else.
You can be respectable to the original content, but still add something new to the content.
Review by bbickley13-921-58664 from the Internet Movie Database.
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