Customer Reviews

Sin: The Movie

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Loosely based on the PC game (a pretty good game), Sin is the story of a cop in the future who stumbles upon a plot by an evil scientist to turn everybody into monsters. Why? Because that's what evil scientists do dummy! And of course they are after an innocent little girl too since they are always the "key to their master plan".

The animation is a fair, the violence is nice and gory (I liked the monsters) but Sin is missing something. It has that "rushed out the door" feel. It is a very by-the-numbers piece of Anime, very little substance to it.

Sin: The Movie is one of the only anime that not only lives up to the hype surrounding its release, but surpasses it. This movie is filled with non-stop action, drama, intrigue, and suspense. The characters are fantastically portrayed and so *real*. This is easily a 5 star anime. I highly recommend buying it and adding it to your collection.

I bought this anime years ago, and I'm still unsure of what to think about it. It was one of the first anime I ever bought for my shiny new DVD player, and I've only watched it twice since that time.

The story itself is of a cop named John Blade who recently lost his partner to a strange, biochemically enhanced monster. Now, he must seek out the few clues to his partner's death while also dealing with the kidnappings of young girls. Joining him is the beautiful sister of the dead partner. Together, as they fight off the biochemical golems, they discover that a woman known as Alexis Sinclaire is responsible for these creatures. Essentially, Sin is a Frankenstein story, as the creatures are very similar in design, only these golems are placed in the 21st century with a very clear mission, which is to kill.

Now, I know it's not the animation I don't like about it. That's pretty good, with the exception of some of the CG, which is bad at times. What I think, now that I'm writing this, is that nothing here is unique in any form of entertainment. The characters are walking cliches (tough cop, victim of the antagonist, and overlord-like bad guy). The story, though it has some unique elements to it, can be seen in bad American horror movies. It just isn't something that has to be seen.

With that said, I can't truly recommend this title. It brings nothing to anime, and compares to just about anything, whether it's an anime or American movies.

This movie makes me mad, not so much because it was bad but because I'd expected it to be so much better, Sin was one of the best games ever made and I would easily throw $10 into it a week so I really expected it this to be a good movie, and it could haqve been, but they condensed it all into 53 minutes when it should have taken a bare minimum 2 hours, not only that but they sacrificed the story line for a bunch of shoot 'em up scenes of it got really confusing, however the action scenes weren't bad at all, and if that's all you're looking for I'd recomend this for you.

Being a big fan of the game, I was both excited and a bit worried about the movie. As I've found over the past few years, video games don't often translate well into movies. They seem to skim through most of the good characters to focus on a few. Since the game SIN has only a handful of characters anyway, this wasn't a problem. The animation was well done, the action was cool, and the story was interesting, though a bit generic for an anime title (super-genetic mutants try to take over the world...pick a movie). They could have done a better job on the "extras". Not much by way art and original game art. Instead, the DVD is full of interviews with the movie makers telling you what a good job they did. Interviews with the game makers telling you what a good job the movie makers did. There are even a few interviews with the movie's voice actors telling you about what a good job THEY did. I would have to say at this point that they did a really good job on the English dub...it's about time. The voice-overs were pretty strong this time instead of being dopey like they are in most dubs. Basically, if I could change anything it would be this: 1. Show more artwork from both the movie and the game. More "behind the scenes" stuff would have been good. (forgive me if it's there and I missed it) 2. "Movies" aren't 60 minutes... 3. Try and stay true to the original characters. The Alexis Sinclaire that we know and love from the game just looked like a typical anime babe. I know that's the genre's style and all, but I will be upset if RITUAL runs with it and turns her into a typical anime babe in SIN 2. Now having said all that, it was a great DVD and I'm glad I bought it.

Based on the PC game, Sin is the story of Blade who helps a girl. This movie looked really good, but then came the defaults. First off, the guy known as JC dies and is then replaced with his sister uncleverly named JC. Then the CG. The CG isn't horrible like Panzer Dragoon, but I can tell these guys weren't taking notes on the CG in Cowboy Bebop or Blue Sub No. 6. Even the 2D animation is horrible. And then theres the story. The story goes fairly well until the ending. This is the worst ending I have ever scene in an anime and I've seen a lot. The only reason I gave Sin 2 stars instead of one is for the dub, which brilliantly done, but doesn't make up for the laging story and bad animation. Fans of the PC game might get a mild kick out of it, but otaku won't. Avoid this one like the plaque.

This is like most anime, sex and violence. It is a fairly good movie, it has some cursing, but not that much. I do not think you should buy it, but if you are intrested, JUST rent it. This should not be recomended for kids under 15.

This is a very quick piece of animation. Good story,cool characters, lots of violence and suggestive themes. Brilliant animation. However, the computer graphics are a bit stiff, and it seems as though they rushed the production near the end.

Go on folks, nothing to see here. The animation is losey and the characters are weak. I've never seen choppier animetion and hope I never do again. It's like they tried to rush job the ending to get it over with and really leaves the audience upset. There is also, which destroys a lot of anime, a lack of explanation to some things and throws you off even more. Do yourself a favor and move on to the next. Sin is exactly that. Spend 25 bucks on something better.

The movie does a fair job of protraying the characters. Especially Blade's troubled side and the animosity between each of the characters. It has some pretty cool action sequences that will catch your attention. But, I felt the movie could have contained more depth to the story instead of the main idea which was: kill genetic freaks and kill Sinclair. I recommend renting this title first before buying it. If you like gore, genetic engineering, heavy duty weapons, and action then this movie is for you.