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- 2003
- R
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- 1 h 55 m
- 2003
- R
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- 1 h 55 m
Summary Set on Mars in the year 2071, this film, based on the wildly popular Japanese Anime TV series "Cowboy Bebop," pits Spike and his gang of gypsy vigilantes against their deadliest adversary ever.
- 2003
- R
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- 1 h 55 m
- 2003
- R
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- 1 h 55 m
Cowboy Bebop the Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
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8.2
Summary Set on Mars in the year 2071, this film, based on the wildly popular Japanese Anime TV series "Cowboy Bebop," pits Spike and his gang of gypsy vigilantes against their deadliest adversary ever.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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61% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
35% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
62
61% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
35% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
When the action sequences work, they work well; the climax cribs heavily from 1989's "Batman," but improves on Tim Burton's finale.
Magnetic, beautiful stuff.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 124 User Ratings
8.2
90% Positive
111 Ratings
111 Ratings
7% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
3% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 124 User Ratings
8.2
90% Positive
111 Ratings
111 Ratings
7% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
3% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
Cowboy bebop is by far one of the best anime ever created. Even today, this anime looks graphically appealing as well as hooking. I watched this movie years ago and it left me curious and reflective about the meaning . Watching this series as a kid leaves nostalgia for me . Please if you're looking for a nice anime to watch this will be more than you're looking for.
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It certainly fulfills all the conventions of the genre: sci-fi premise, noir stylings, martial arts, snarky dialogue.
Despite the spectacularly cool opening credits and some first-rate animation, the story starts to flag about halfway through.
Though it isn't the entirely original creation "Metropolis" was, Bebop is more satisfying.
When Bebop's anime characters stand still, chirping their strangely stilted, dubbed talk and not moving their strangely blank faces, I feel lost on Mars myself.
Good news is that most of the marvelous English dialogue cast from the Cowboy Bebop series has returned for the film. The bad news is that the heart and soul of the series hasn’t.
Cowboy Bebop The Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door is a good movie even for someone who has never watched the series. It's story is good, with moments that can make the viewer stand on the edge of their seats. The characters are well-made aswell, although the antagonist's goals might be a little weak, even the side characters can be captivating. The soundtrack for the movie, just like the series, is a masterpiece, the "americanization" of the setting is crafted meticulously by Watanabe and Nobumoto, which makes the songs even more fitting. The animation itself is quite good (considering it was made in 2001) having detail filled backgrounds in most scenes. One thing that really stands out in Cowboy Bebop are the fight scenes, because they actually make sense, being carefully choreographed making them feel like real fights, especially the last fight of the movie.
Since it's Cowboy Bebop, we also have to take a look into the meaning behind the movie, it's "philosophical" meaning is quite a cliché one, but that doesn't make it bad.
If there's a downside to this movie it would be the same as the series, where the pacing sometimes feels a bit odd and also some minor plot holes that can make you scratch your head, but none of these are enough to take you out of this futuristic bounty-hunting masterpiece.
See you space cowboy.
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Essentially, an amazing Cowboy Bebop episode. As a stand-alone movie itself, it's great, but it doesn't add anything new to the story of Cowboy Bebop, it mostly feels like a top tier episode from the anime series, with awesome fight scenes, a lot of action, new characters and fantastic music.
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Essentially, an amazing Cowboy Bebop episode. As a stand-alone movie itself, it's great, but it doesn't add anything new to the story of Cowboy Bebop, it mostly feels like a top tier Cowboy Bebop episode, with awesome fight scenes, a lot of action, new characters and fantastic music.
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A good movie that captures the feeling of the show. Cowboy Bebop was a really great show that has cult status among fans. It is in the space western genre, set in the year 2071 and follows a cast of bounty hunters that travel around our settled solar system on the ship Bebop to find new targets. Each of those are unique characters, have their backstories (and baggage) and work very well. There is Spike Spiegel who has abandoned his past but it still hunts and follows him. There is Faye Valentine who was put in cryogenic sleep for 54 years and awakened with no memories in a new strange society. Jet Black is a former cop who quit after being disillusioned by the police. There is the child Ed who is a genius, a bit quirky and a little miss sunshine character. Finally there is Ein a (data) dog which is enhanced by experiments and far smarter than a dog should be (No he cant speak). Those work really well together and their relationships, development and interactions are as enjoyable as relatable and immersive. Then there is the world building: After an accident destroyed partly the moon Earth is mostly abandoned (not uninhabitable!) and the solar system was settled. Humanity has not changed despite being technological advancement. The same problems as today exists like crime, corruption, injustice and poverty to name a few. A very interesting setting and together with the characters, style and ideas won over many fans and got cult status. The movie starts with a terrorist attack on Mars were an explosion dispersed a new pathogen that kills 300 people. This made the Mars government panicking and they are willing to pay a record bounty of 300 million woolong for capturing the culprit. This gets the attention of our characters and each one follows a different line of clues. I stop here with the set up of the story to avoid spoilers. What looks like a standard story has more depth to it and many reveals that change the story. I really like the story but say it took a bit before I sung its praise. There are better episodes of the show but this delivers very well. For the characters I say the main cast delivers as expected. I really liked them and they are so well flashed out in the show. However I am not sure if they work equally well for someone who has not seen the show. For the new characters we have Vincent Volaju. He is awesome and an interesting character (study). Someone described him that he is like an immortal that just wants to die and is looking for someone who can stop him. I think that is a remarkable description. Then we have Elektra Ovilo who is also on the track of the culprit. Sadly I would spoil to much if I go into details and say she works fine. Special praise for the brave squad of pilots ;-). All characters work well and are enjoyable. Visually the movie looks better than the show and did not change the style. So it is an automatic win for me. Acoustically both the movie and TV show were composed by Yoko Kanno. She made a remarkable score and is one of the persons in the genre who deserves far more praise and recognition. She made many great tracks and it is a mixture of jazz, western, lyrical and opera (maybe even more). Without her contribution the show would be weaker as she enhances the scenes. Overall this was a good movie and I enjoyed it as fan. Maybe weaker for non fans but you should see at least some glimpses how good the show was. I am hoping the best fore the real movie adaptation but think they will slay the source material.
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Awards
Online Film Critics Society Awards
• 1 Nomination
Golden Schmoes Awards
• 1 Nomination
