One of the side benefits of having a T1 connection at work means that it’s very easy to download the latest movie trailers when they hit the web. As a result, a number of movie trailers have wowed and stunned my co-workers and I, including trailers for the Lord Of The Rings, The Matrix sequels, Spiderman 2, Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow, and Immortel, to name a few. However, I think it’s pretty safe to say that few trailers were as impressive as the trailer for Casshern.

I was wholly unfamiliar with the classic anime series on which the movie was (loosely) based, but no matter. Just the single shot of the hero slicing a giant robot in half with his bare hands was enough to get me hooked—and of course, the visuals looked absolutely stunning, even moreso than those of Sky Captain (easily one of the most visually impressive film in recent memory). But as it turns out, the movie is even far more ambitious than its trailer ever suggested.

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