Movie

Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files The Movie

2009 · 118 min

A grim, talky war chronicle where mecha combat punctuates a cold, conspiratorial slog through a soldier's origins.

Overview: Set after the 1988 OVA movie Red Shoulder Document: Roots of Ambition and months before the events of the VOTOMS television series, Pailsen Files explores the origins of Chirico Cuvie as explained by the Red Shoulder Battalion's now-disgraced commander, Col Yoran Pailsen. Compilation of the Pailsen Files OAV series.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: War, betrayal, identity, survival
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
betrayal
identity
survival
power
Places: military
space
Era: far-future
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none