21 June 2013

Berserk Golden Age Arc III: Descent (Japan, 2013)

A year has passed since Guts parted ways with Griffith on that snowy day. Led by Casca and constantly on the run from the Midland army, the Band of the Hawk is plotting a rescue mission to save Griffith from his captors. One night, a group of assassins catches them off guard, and a bloody battle for survival begins. Just as things are beginning to look grim for Casca, Guts reappears and saves the day. With the Band of the Hawk in shambles and Casca determined to return things to normal, Guts rejoins his friends and embarks on a mission to save Griffith.

Descent (a.k.a. Advent) is the third entry in the Berserk film series, and ends the first arc of the popular manga. Luckily there's not as much awful CG as in the first two films, so we can drool even more over the superb animations. Fans of the series knows how Descent ends, but to newcomers the last scenes will stun them without a doubt, as it is one of the most violent and insane moments in animation history and first feels like a cruel, brutal joke. Dark, epic fantasy to say the least.


Genre: Animation/Action/Fantasy

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