Kamen Rider ZO, he does looks a bit dumb.A year after Shin, Kamen Rider ZO arrived to the theater. It is the first movie rider that appears only in feature film, being a the first join production between Toei Company Limited and Bandai.
From here onwards, most new rider monster will follow such concept.In this film we can see the union of things the production crew learnt from Black, RX and Shin. This rider costume, like Black and RX, has no fabric. It is sleek and clean, the only downside is instead of a henshin belt, it spot some sort of a gem in his ab. The effect from Shin is, the monster is very organic looking. Instead of those bulky rubber suit in previous series, the monster anatomy is more humanoid which makes them more flexible and fight better.
Bad guy boss is a machine?Being a 48 minutes show, without a series to equip the audience with the character background, the characterization and the motivation is almost non-existent. I got a feeling this production's purpose is to squeeze a Kamen Rider to the theater and remind the public of the existence of Kamen Rider franchise.
The villain looks cooler, I actually hope he wins!Plot wise, typical if not boring. Action wise,is Ok, since the suit action is the very same with Black. In fact all 90s riders are played by the same person - Okamoto Jiro.
The bike is transformable, and looks like its owner. Reminds me of Batter Hopper.Sadly, it does not offer anything new and we are lucky they never make a series out of it.
ZO Henshin
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