Genji, even if he is still non-very talkativeĪnd probably not the person I would like to go on holiday with (not so much theįun type), has a more defined evolution. Storylines, just like in “Crow Zero”, the story is more coherent and the impressiveįights are more understandable. Luckily for viewers, it is also quite easy to know who is from the good side (Suzuran): they wear black uniforms, reminding of the crows, and who is from the bad side (Housen): they wear white.Įven if there are still a lot of characters and So, what makes the boys look like yakuza-to-be? They have funky haircuts, have their faces covered with band-aids and contusions (they fight a lot, duh), they smoke and never seem to go to class, although they will apparently eventually graduate. It is connected to the manga roots of the feature. The action takes place in a vaguely Gotham-city like environment, where no one seems to be an innocent passer-by, or even just a female (besides the two girls who have one minute on-screen and are purely the sexual and romantic interest). Very macho lines are said, but values such as honor are displayed.

Between internal tensions within the school, personal concerns and the need to join forces to face Housen, a lot of fights happen. Not a great start for Genji, but a great start for the movie if you ask me. He is struggling to secure his authority within the school and screws up a long-built truce between Suzuran and another school, Housen. The film starts eight months after Genji Takaya’s gang took over Suzuran. Our Lives”’s twist to cast different actors for the same role. The characters are back, and we luckily avoid the “Days of The screenplay is still adapted by Shôgo Mutô (usually more active on Indeed, and unlike the third movie (“CrowsĮxplode”), Crows Zero II doesn’t change the winning team. If the first work didn’t leave us with a cliffhanger, it is nice to catch-up with the same characters, and in the same atmosphere. Takashi Miike offers a sequel to the successful “Crows Zero”.

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