Director Hideaki Anno (Shin Godzilla, Shin Ultraman) is back this year with Shin Kamen Rider, the brand new live action reboot now playing in Japanese theaters.
A release here in the United States hasn’t yet been announced, but this week we’ve been provided with a 3-minute clip from the film that has damn sure whet our appetite.
In the clip, Kamen Rider absolutely decimates a group of bad guys doing bad guy things, crushing their heads and exploding their bodies like water balloons filled with blood.
The last minute of this Shin Kamen Rider clip is INSANE, and we’re begging you to watch…
The Japan Times writes in their mostly-positive review of Shin Kamen Rider, “It’s pretty silly stuff, and Anno embraces the 1970s-style camp to its hilt. This isn’t a parody, though: He’s having fun, not poking fun. The reverence for the material is evident.”
Written and directed by Anno, the film is released by Toei Productions.
The franchise began back in 1971 with the Kamer Rider television series. Wikipedia explains for those unfamiliar, “The Kamen Rider media generally features a motorcycle-riding superhero with an insect motif who fights supervillains, often known as kaijin.”