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Captivating movie !

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Just laughable dialogue, how on earth is this mature with this childish dialogue

Cruising through Netflix I mostly see B grade movies and came across this title. I've seen some older anime and would usually rather watch a real life movie rather than an animation but the choices on Netflix have dried up quickly and I finally decided to try this. And it was a great choice I must say. Right from the start the action kicks in and as the other reviewers pointed out, the CG/animation looks absolutely awesome. It actually took a few moments of looking closely at the humans to tell if they were real or not. The details of shadows, reflections, glints, motion, fire, everything seems to push the envelope of computer power to render this smooth detail. Just incredible. The creatures were highly imaginative and some made me laugh. The battles were slick and sick. Having no knowledge of Gantz backstory (if one exists), leaves many gaps in understanding what/why is all going on. The main character himself is not given enough/any information as to what the heck is going on so the viewer (me) has no clue as to what/why is going on. For example:Why are there all these creatures, what is their purpose, who created the Gantz-ball-thing, why are humans randomly (?) chosen, if other teams have killed the monsters why do more appear, is this phenomenon only in Japan or is it world wide, etc. If this movie considers that the viewer has pre-knowledge of Gantz then there is no problem. However, I was totally lost without those answers, yet the movie was a total spectacle and impressive nonetheless. I gave it a 9 based on the sheer scope of anime work and imagination. It must be a giant in it's genre. Worth watching for sure, better than most real live movies I've seen on Netflix.

Didn't know what to expect. Lets I went into it hoping to find something interesting and perhaps thrilling and I got that in aces. Hell, alien morphing demonic creatures...count me in! I never even heard of Gantz before, but it didn't take me long to understand the basic premise and rules of "the game" even though at the end I still had more questions then answers, but I'm fine with that, I don't need to have everything spoon fed and tied up with a nice bow.Sure the dubbing/translations are bad.. but I've gotten used to that in this type of art form, and it adds a bit to the charm.Its kinda a bit like Akira and the power rangers had a latex and neon clad love child. A goofy but exciting watch.

Remember that old video game format of beat the boss, but wait - he's back again and this time he's bigger! You know the type: The kind of game that you have to battle the same boss again and again, wondering if this time he's really gone. That's Gantz in a nutshell, only it's a game you'd never want to play because the weapons are illogical, frustrating garbage, and because it would be a real nightmare.As others have said, the cgi animation is on a different level and is stunning in its execution. Creative camera angles and use of lighting make the environments and characters pop with a distinct style that is reminiscent of the final fantasy movies, only with more demons and a lot more blood; buckets of blood.The story centres around a young man who dies, only to find himself resurrected in a deadly game where he and others are pitted against demons, given the glimmer of hope that he can be reunited with his brother if he does well. Taking place over the course of only one session of the game, the film does a decent job of introducing the mysterious black ball that bears the name Gantz and the rules of the game. Unfortunately, the game itself becomes more interesting than any of the characters themselves, and the viewer learns quickly not to be attached to most of them in the process.Despite having a story that is simplistic, it is not that which detracts most from the experience, but the tedious delay with which most elements of the action suffer. The guns used by the players, for example, are not projectile weapons but energy based and have an infuriating delay between firing the weapon and producing any result. Characters stand for long periods of time, pointing, but not using their weapons, at the enemies around them. More than incompetence, the delays seem to be deliberate decisions by the director to increase tension, but these delays instead result in breaking the viewer out of the moment. The heroic and emotional death of one character becomes comedy as he succeeds in killing his opponent, but only seconds after he has already died.Taking into account the style and visual power Gantz brings to the table, the film comes out ahead as a worthy addition to the Gantz anime family. It's a story that is easy to forget, but an experience that will likely make an impression, even if only for its bizarre renditions of Japanese demons.