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Midnight Eagle (ミッドナイトイーグル)

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A Not-So-Professional Review

The entire movie lasted 112 minutes, with a rating of PG. This drama-action movie was directed by Izuru Narushima, starring Takao Osawa as the main lead actor (Yuji Nishizaki), and Yuko Takeuchi (Keiko Arisawa) from the “Ring” movie.

The show itself didn’t attracted much attention through vigorous marketing showcase. Got to know of this show through my cousin when he told me there’s a Japanese movie right now and it looked good. The director capture a lot of close up scenes on the actors to capture their emotion struggles and feelings. Slow moving plot with rising tensions, and twists near the end of the movie. I would say that near the end of the movie was the best part of the movie. However, one should not expect this to be an exciting piece of thriller movie, as there are more drama plots involved rather than action-packed scenes.

In my personal opinion, I will grade the show 7 out of 10. Takao Osawa’s acting skills are superb, and convinced me to place my bet on him to save Japan in the movie. It was a touching moment, silencing everyone in the cinema when he says he is saving his son.

Synopsis

Yuji Nishizaki (Takao Osawa) was a former war photographer who witnessed the crash of a U.S. bomber codenamed “Midnight Eagle,” and becomes involved in an manhunt for its secret payload - a nuclear warhead, that threatened to wipe out Japan’s entire population and whole of East Asia.

For more details, please see: Midnight Eagle [IMDB]
Official Website (Japanese): http://www.midnighteagle.jp