Moon Child
by Takahisa Zeze
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Actor: Gackt Camui, Hideto Takarai, Lee-Hom Wang, Susumu Terajima, Taro YamamotoDirector: Takahisa Zeze
Brand: TLA Releasing
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-18
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: TLA Releasing
DVD Reviews of Moon Child
DVD Review: Surprising
Summary: 5 Stars
First off, pay attention to the synopsis and ignore the product description, it's the same one that's on the back of the dvd and it's completely misleading and the reason this movie was such a surprise for me.
Note that, one, I am a Hyde fan but I'm going to be unbiased here because I'm also a fan of movies, a lot of foreign film too. This movie has pop stars playing main characters, a strange combination of genres (vampire, gangster, sci-fi), and it's directed by an adult film director. I mention this because, if this movie was released anywhere else, I would never watch it in a million years unless I happened to catch it late at night on a movie channel. But I still wanted to see Hyde in action, so I watched it with low expectations. I came out essentially a different person for about an hour or so afterwoods. The movie was that shocking.
I'll first give you my opinion relative to other movies released. Bad news first, the plot is for the most part rushed and has no sense of developement or time progression, ie. you get jerked around a lot and it's a little hard to follow. Some relationships are way too emphasized while others are way too understated. There was so much potential to develop the characters that ended up wasted in order to move the movie along to some other artifical milestone. I believe this was because the director, or the producer was too concerned with getting more Hyde/Gackt scenes in for more fan gratification. With that being said, if they learned their lessons this could make a great TV series. So many elements of the story left me wanting more.
The good news, and the reason this movie gets 5 stars is because of all it's potential and what we actually saw. Surprisingly, with all the "out-there" elements added into the story, in comes across more like a fable than somebody's imagination run wild. Sho is played by Gackt, an orphan living in the streets of a immigrant town, being a petty thief along with his brother Shinji and his friend Toshi. While still a boy he comes across Kei, played by Hyde, who we see earlier in the beginning of the movie lost his fellow vampire friend and I assumed mentor, some years earlier. Kei has become worn, lonely and weak, but after meeting Sho, ends up saving his life from a gangster and feeding off said gangster. Even though Sho realizes what he is, he befriends Kei. The movie continues as Sho and his friends grow older and Kei remains the same. Because Sho is an orphan, Kei has acted as both a friend and mentor to Sho.
The thing that sets this movie apart is the characters. Their situations, no matter how cliche, bring about genuine feelings and in turn genuine acting. One by one, we see changes in Sho's life, happy events, action, excitement and yes, tragedy, and soon Sho becomes just as tortured as the cursed Kei.
There are a lot of underlying themes in this movie that have to be seen, they're not as apparent as they could be. The vampire aspect works in that here we have a young man, wreckless and wanting, with a mentor and friend that has seen and known everything Sho will ever in his lifetime because of his immortality. Hyde makes a great performance as a vampire that wishes to be normal, that's trying to live his life this way, with a new friend, but can he?
By the end of the movie I'll admit I was crying, a lot actually, but I also cry over every movie, book, show, commercial what have you, so I don't know if that says much heh.
Either way, if you watch this movie, watch it with an open mind, no expectations. There are a lot of crazy aspects to the storyline, but they can be overshadowed by the characters and their emotions.
Maybe you'll see what I mean by it possibly making a good tv series. =)
ps. If you think I gave this a crappy review, know that I'm a HUGE fan of Hyde and L'Arc~en~Ciel, there were certain parts I enjoyed solely because of him, but a movie is a movie, no matter who's playing who.
pps. Stop with the whole yaoi Hyde/Gackt crap. He met him when he was a kid for dog's sake, bunch of sickos. And plenty of male pop stars in Japan wear make-up without being gay. There's not much correlation there.
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