X: The Movie (2000)

Please don't spend money on this.

Good movie but grossly overrated

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Whenever one of the psychic warriors in this bit of fluff goes into battle, his long hair shoots straight up as waves of power radiate out. This happens a lot and the visuals here are pretty cool, but everything else is a negative.The story comes off as weak and derivative: Psychic heroes battle bad guy psychic to prevent mayhem spree. Yawn. Seen it. There are multiple psychic factions caught up in the main conflict (Dragons of Earth, Dragons of Heaven, two competing sisters, etc.) which makes for a multi- fronted war, and (I suppose) is meant to add complexity to the drama, but really it just makes it harder to keep straight who is doing what. There are so many competitors the viewer needs a scorecard and it does not help that nobody has much more life or individuality than characters in an arcade kick-boxing game. They fight. They pout. They bicker. They fight some more. Not a bad time waster but the viewer won't take much away from the experience.

This is a dangerously complex movie, most would say the matrix ripped it off. X/1999 is a movie about the end of the world, nature vs. mankind, and whether or not humanity is even worth saving. Kamui is set with this decision, after his mother's death he goes back to Japan to see his best friends Fuma & Kotori. Where they're attacked by the "dragons" of the earth(people who believe man must die for the planet to live) & defended by the dragons of heaven(obviously fighting for humans over the earth) X/1999 is a complex movie especially considering they place hours of plot from the original TV series into this 2-3hour film. Definitely a must-see if your an anime/matrix/intelligent fan.

X combines some of the best action sequences that i have seen in an anime production, with highly explosive action that goes in detail of Tokyo, Japan in wreckage. This movie is adapted from the comic strip X, which goes into more detail of character i believe. A simple story, of good against bad like many movies, and with people that have powers just like seen in X comic i am told. Abilities to control water, fire, machinery, and one who has the help from an invisible dog.The story is about Kamei (Tomokazu Seki) who is seek-ed by both sides of Dragons of the earth and Heaven to see which side he will join in the showdown for planet earth. A simple story which some would say and know has been done before, but for the anime or fantasy fan who loves action and dazzling anime then look no further as X could be the one for you. Movie viewers who are looking for a more complicated orientated adult anime, then this one is for you, the movie has it's moments of high's but also lacks originality. The characters are bought to life quite well, and the English versions feature the voice overs of Toni Barry (Karen Kasumi) and Rupert Degas (Shuogo Asagi). Overall there is worse out there, and is definitely worth checking out. 7/10

'X' really isn't the great movie I expected it to be. The first time I watched it,I didn't read the manga, so I basically could not understand nothing about the story: I only watched deaths. And that's what this movie shows: deaths. Being totally the opposite of the manga where we can understand each character and know their stories,X the movie is not very well elaborated and we only have a preview about the great characters that are behind all the story. Because every single character, being a Earth dragon or a Heaven dragon is important and interesting. (specially, in my opinion,Fuuma, Kamui,Seiichirou, Subaru,Yuuto and Satsuki). I will not even write what the plot is all about, because the movie really stinks for everybody who really enjoys X' mangas. By the way, go read them instead of watching this film.