![]() ![]() While I wouldn’t say the first of the Fullmetal Alchemist live-action movies was great, it was fun enough to go along for the ride at least through the first two acts. Like the film before it Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar takes a lot of liberties, and unlike the feature film before it, this sequel struggles in balancing the special and practical effects. ![]() It has a stacked cast, staring Ryôsuke Yamada, Dean Fujioka, Keisuke Watanabe, Keisuke Watanabe, Tsubasa Honda, Atom Mizuishi, Mackenyu, and Seiyô Uchino. The film is directed by Fumihiko Sori with a screenplay written by Sori and Takeshi Miyamoto adapted from Hiromu Arakawa‘s seminal manga. Caught up in it all, Alchemist Edward Elric (Ryôsuke Yamada) and his brother Alphonse (Mackenyu) are at their most vulnerable, meanwhile, the Homunculi begin to unveil themselves once again. In this sequel to the 2017 live-action, Fullmetal Alchemist, a mysterious figure named Scar starts to target State Alchemists for their sins against God – and believe me, the actual punishment for the Ishvalan genocide is light here. That said, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar marks the second time that this iconic franchise about brotherhood, scientific ethics, and the traumas of war has been stripped of the things that made it special in a live-action story. ![]() In fact, there are a plethora of them that have come out historically and recently that absolutely rock. I feel obligated to start this review by saying I’m not actually against live-action anime films. ![]()
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