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‘Ultraman: Rising’ Review: The Iconic Japanese Superhero Wrestles Kaiju and Daddy Issues in Netflix’s Overcrowded Cartoon
Netflix's attractive 'Ultraman: Rising' privileges a heavy-handed parenting lesson over the kind of monster mania fans expect from the franchise.
Across countless manga, video games and movies, Ultraman’s core duty has been to fend off ferocious land and sea monsters — which, of course, have always been allegories for other threats facing mankind. If I understood “Ultraman: Rising” correctly (and the plot isn’t all that easy to follow for those unfamiliar with the nearly 60-year-old franchise), the dino hatchling known here as Emi is the spawn of Gigantron, a fire-breathing, gumball-pink dragon with a tiny bird-like head and massive Godzilla-like body. Remember, what audiences really want are super-scale dust-ups, and the movie delivers that, with the slightly-evolved Emi taking Ultraman’s side against Mega Gigantron during the film’s spectacular finale.
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