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Goku: Midnight Eye
Animation · Action · Thriller · 1989
Tokyo, 2014: a city balancing on the razor's edge between financial prosperity and seismic destruction. It is a place where the lights are bright, the stakes are high, and where the threat of imminent destruction breeds crime like a disease. But for Gokuu Furinji, ex-cop and super-powered private detective, crime is money...
Movie details
Goku: Midnight Eye
1989 Animation · Action · Thriller 50m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.2 / 10
Community rating
Tokyo, 2014: a city balancing on the razor's edge between financial prosperity and seismic destruction. It is a place where the lights are bright, the stakes are high, and where the threat of imminent destruction breeds crime like a disease. But for Gokuu Furinji, ex-cop and super-powered private detective, crime is money...
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Goku: Midnight Eye?
For the defence
The Adrenaline Seeker
“If it slows down, you check your phone.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Auteur Devotee
“You watch the director, not the movie.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Written by
Buichi Terasawa
Juji Matsuda
Cast
Mami Koyama
Yoko Yazaki (voice)
Norio Wakamoto
Genji Hakuryu (voice)
Daisuke Gori
General Gomez (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Dr. Yamazaki (voice)
Iemasa Kayumi
Voice (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Coroner (voice)
Court is in session
Put Goku: Midnight Eye on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Auteur Devotee
“Speed as an alibi.”
The film races past its weak spots and hopes acceleration will keep the audience from inspecting the evidence.