Reviews

The common point of most animation is to show very clever heroes against very stupid anti-heroes! And most of the time in every episode, we must watch the same childish idea.

Twins of destiny was one of the few animations that left this old rule in behind. The challenges that the main characters faced in this story, were probably the biggest in cartoon history!

The despicable and merciless killer character of this story was created so interesting that most kids liked him.

Although the creator of the anime, to achieve this goal, had been forced to break boundaries and use the adult elements. To be honest, most anti-heroes in adult programs at that time usually were not smart enough either, but the equal position of the heroes and anti-heroes made the series a great success among kids, probably because they didn't want to be considered children! Adult elements in this anime such as death, liberation, the greed of humans and also self sacrifice make this adventure cartoon the color of horror and thriller films, ( especially with terrifying music)

I grew up watching this anime. It pushed me to a level of taste, that meant that (except one or two time) I never enjoyed another anime as much.

I would not say twins of destiny is flawless and that I was totally satisfied with it, but nothing is perfect in the world and I always wished that there were more series like it.

When a movie is made in USA (especially not for television), people are expecting a movie at the Hollywood level. That's why when that movie can not be at this level, it will be considered worthless. This would happened for the movie "Adventures in spying" too. If you pay attention to acting or directing and then you compare this with famous Hollywood movies, of course you will be disappointed. This is only an average fun adventure and nothing more. Maybe you can find some plot holes too, but this movie is supposed to be not serious and that's the reason for saying that any plot holes are not important. Adventure genre films in Hollywood are mix up with other geners like action, epic, comedy, drama and also fantasy, and for that reason the real nature of the adventure genre is forgotten. This movie does not very well succeed in portraying the adventure genre, but the mood of this genre can be seen there, even though in incomplete ways but at least it's close to that. As I mentioned above, if this movie were made in another country, probably it wouldn't be ignored as it now is.

If you like heroic science fiction movies with a lot of action scenes and extraordinary stunts, or Disaster Sci-fi with a hero who wants save the world against the aliens, monsters and other disasters, there is nothing for you in the movie Megaville. Also you can't find any kind of superheroes there. But if you search for neo-noir psychological thriller probably you will like it. Science fiction is a kind of metaphor here, this is a way to show the facts in an indirect manner. It's shows how political decisions and the media can determine the life and even the destiny of a human. This is about being lost in a world of dirty secrets. It is about the factors that affect the people and make them believe they are the same as they were. This movie is about us in the very complicated world. That's why there is no need for special effects. The realistic atmosphere of the film, unlike other Sci-fi that uses the heroism is laudable. It is focus on characters and their situation, is refreshing. Another noteworthy thing is that the movie does not have a lot of actors. In fact only includes the characters that are supposed to do something. Perhaps this was due to lack of funding, but the calm of the movie made the loneliness of the leading character and his fears more tangible in this world of mysteries. The ending of the movie is dark, but when we know this is realistic Science fiction we will accepted. I am not interested in political films nor this is a political movie. It's about human games, games that have psychological reactions. This story is about human's position in a complex world. The ending scene when Newman finds himself handcuffed to Jensen without any explanation, ( in the middle of desert ) is amazing. I think this event a metaphor about one's human position being changed by his actions. He is caught up by his actions and possibly endangered and become a "burn notice" that he have to strive for saving his life even though there is no way to escape. Billy zane's performance is acceptable, but most of the actors does not succeed in their roles. But when we know this is made with very little money, we realize that the crew has provided the best possible work. The last word is that although it is not very fast paced movie with today's standard, the pace is kept steady and never goes away from the original story.