Kamen Rider Agito - Project G4 (I'm so late to the party)

[m121akuma]

So I just saw Project G4 last night after spending a LONG time trying to find it. I think this is officially my favorite Rider movie. As someone who thought Agito was very good, but not fantastic, this movie basically encapsulated everything I liked about Agito, and actually managed to legitimize some parts of the series I thought were weaker. The pacing of the film is great in that it has plenty of room to breathe. We don't need something bombastic happening on screen at all times, and the quiet moments of the film (specifically, the scene of the little boy trying to sell back massages) are fantastic. And when we get action, JESUS do we get action. The fight scenes in this film are great, with everyone getting ample time to shine and be badass. The use of Shining form in this film is far better than any time it showed up in the series itself, and my jaw hit the floor at what happened to Gills. Of course, Hikawa is the real star of the movie, and his last battle is incredible.

If you haven't seen this movie yet, and you like Agito (or even if you don't), watch it ASAP.

 

[Smilodon]

Kaname's fight in this scene is probably the most legitimate out of suit fight we've probably until Minomoto's fights in the new Accel V-Cinema. The way how his suit was practically destroyed, and kept on fighting against the vastly superior technology of the G4 suit was very awesome. I can imagine how heavy the G3-X suit must have been...

To me that and Fujioka's cameo was the best part of the movie. It would have even been cooler if he used some of his weapons, but fist to fist is always the best.