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Patlabor 2: The Movie

1993 · 113 min

A brooding, talky political thriller that trades mecha action for quiet dread and procedural tension, demanding close attention.

Overview
A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • war
  • power
  • corruption
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • military
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
animation, science fiction, action, thriller
Directed by
Mamoru Oshii
Written by
Kazunori Ito
Starring
Mina Tominaga, Toshio Furukawa, Ryusuke Ohbayashi, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Michihiro Ikemizu, Daisuke Gori, Shigeru Chiba, Issei Futamata
Music
Kenji Kawai
Cinematography
Akihiko Takahashi
Runtime
113 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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