Right, well I must start off by saying that I hadn't heard about this 2017 Japanese action movie titled "Hariken Porimâ" (aka "Hurricane Polymar") prior to sitting down to watch it. So I literally didn't know what I was in for here, aside from it being a Japanese action movie. And that was essentially all that I needed to watch it, as I do love Asian cinema.
Writers Shinsuke Ônishi and Tatsuo Yoshida managed to churn out a movie that lacked the intensity and impact that a hurricane comes with. "Hariken Porimâ" was actually just a flaccid and deflated super hero movie that was a little bit too much inspired by "Iron Man".
But the lack of a properly interesting storyline just killed off the movie for me, and I managed to endure about half of the movie before I tossed the towel in the ring and gave up out of sheer and utter boredom.
The acting performances in the movie were fair enough. However, I can't claim to have been particular impressed or bedazzled by any singular performance that I witnessed on the screen. Nor can I claim that I was familiar with any of the actors or actresses.
Visually then "Hariken Porimâ" was adequate, I suppose. There were special effects and they worked out well enough in favor of the movie, but it just wasn't as impressive as something you'd see from a Marvel movie, for example.
I suppose that you have to be living in Japan and having grown up watching stuff like "Ultraman", "Power Rangers" and such to fully enjoy a movie such as "Hariken Porimâ". However, I can't claim that director Koichi Sakamoto delivered a movie that particularly entertained me.
My rating of "Hariken Porimâ" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.
Writers Shinsuke Ônishi and Tatsuo Yoshida managed to churn out a movie that lacked the intensity and impact that a hurricane comes with. "Hariken Porimâ" was actually just a flaccid and deflated super hero movie that was a little bit too much inspired by "Iron Man".
But the lack of a properly interesting storyline just killed off the movie for me, and I managed to endure about half of the movie before I tossed the towel in the ring and gave up out of sheer and utter boredom.
The acting performances in the movie were fair enough. However, I can't claim to have been particular impressed or bedazzled by any singular performance that I witnessed on the screen. Nor can I claim that I was familiar with any of the actors or actresses.
Visually then "Hariken Porimâ" was adequate, I suppose. There were special effects and they worked out well enough in favor of the movie, but it just wasn't as impressive as something you'd see from a Marvel movie, for example.
I suppose that you have to be living in Japan and having grown up watching stuff like "Ultraman", "Power Rangers" and such to fully enjoy a movie such as "Hariken Porimâ". However, I can't claim that director Koichi Sakamoto delivered a movie that particularly entertained me.
My rating of "Hariken Porimâ" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.
