Kingdom: Unmei no Hono

Shinsuke Sato is on a rampage again and I was looking forward to the finale of my favourite Japanese Trilogy. Unfortunately, the film is split into two parts, so we won't get a proper finale until next time, which is usually a bad thing to review because we only get half of it. The second part was a nearly two hour spectacular battle, here we don't get any fighting in the first hour, which slightly affects the pacing. Visually it's still top notch, the return of old characters is very welcome, and the start of the spectacular battle that will be the climax in the finale is only sketched in its early stages. The strategy is also very well presented and nice to watch, but I enjoyed the previous two episodes a bit more, and I believe that the real satisfaction will come with the final episode. 6/10. (26.01.2024)