Excellent, a Must See

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

The Lupin gang is back, and while this TV special is not anything special, it's still a pleasant watch.The plot is not very strong in this one, pretty much Lupin and his buddy Jigen set out to rob a bank, with some help from Fujiko. Still, it's fun to see the gang do an old fashioned crime like a bank robbery, compared to the crazy stuff they are usually up to in these.The villain is a flashy one in this, Rasputin. A crazy monk with a gimmick where he pokes his finger into various orifices on people's faces, like their mouth or nose. He's a very over the top evil villain, and of course he wants what is in the bank as well.Lupin's samurai pal Goemon is used very oddly in this one. He's studying meditation and whatnot under Rasputin, so he doesn't have as much fun as usual. Inspector Zenigata doesn't have much to do here either.Fujiko has some cute funny moments though, and the classic duo of Lupin and Jigen is great as always.What makes this a merely decent Lupin movie is that it just feels like random events stuck together, with little holding it together. Cars explode, people shoot at Lupin, and they're always on the run.That wouldn't be a problem if the movie relished the fun absurdity like Lupin often does, but this one lacks that feeling. This is the last special directed by Osamu Dezaki and with character design by Noboru Furuse. Which is good, because they really didn't bring enough flair to the visual department in these first four Lupin specials.All in all, this is a decent Lupin romp, though uneven and a bit lacking in style. Lupin fans should have a pleasant enough time watching this, but I'd recommend checking out the gang's other better adventures.

This is one cool Lupin the 3rd TV movie. Unlike Goodbye Lady Liberty or Hemingway Papers. I like this one the most. Aired back in 1992.Lupin has been researching on the Royal Family of Anastaia. There's a family fortune in Gold that was once own by that family, but now it's somewhere in the USA. And Lupin gonna to steel that gold for himself.He, Jigen and Fujiko get tracked down by 2 armed henchmen who work for a villain who's a monk that can read people's thoughts. Goemon being the Monk's bodyguard for a good reason, which you'll find out soon enough. And even Zennigata is still on Lupin's trail.The animation in this one is the same as the 1989 and 1990 Lupin TV movies. A little old quailty in animation, but it's still Lupin the 3rd.It's only available in Fansub form. No word on when it'll be available in English.