SECURITY POLICE: THE MOTION PICTURE THE FINAL EPISODE DVD (2011)

SYNOPSIS: In the final instalment of the SP saga, the tension between superhuman SP agent Inoue and his superior Ogata finally comes to a head as the conspiracy that was hinted at in the first film is revealed. Secrets from decades past will be exposed as the two SP agents finally reach their inevitable face-off.

Inuoe now harbors a serious distrust of his commander Ogata who may have ties to chief cabinet secretary Kunio Date. On the day the national assembly is due to pass a vote of no confidence for the cabinet, a group of terrorists invades the building and takes the assembly hostage. Assigned to security in the assembly that day, Inoue uses his extraordinary powers to fight the terrorists and discovers a shocking truth about who's behind the conspiracy.

MOVIE REVIEW:

It’s not a surprise the concluding chapter of “Security Police: The Motion Picture” actually skipped the theatrical release here. As noted on my earlier DVD review here, the movie version of “Security Police” in short SP, is a jarring affair and to non-followers of the television series, this will be a tough act to follow through.

Since the first SP ends with a cliff-hanger, this final episode wastes no time in panning out the revolutionary as planned by the top brass of the government and led by the leader of SP, Ogata (Tsutsumi Shinichi). In short, this group of radicals planned to hold the parliament-in-session hostage and exposed their evil deeds in front of a ‘live’ telecast. With landmines in place and guards being taken down, there’s only SP agent Inoue (Okada Junichi) and his three loyal teammates left to save the day. Will they succeed in bringing Ogata down?

The premise is interesting enough given the current economic climate and political instability in certain countries not even Japan, the once superpower in Asia is performing up to expectations year after year. Kudos to the writers for having the balls to take jibes at its own nation and offers some startling nuggets of wisdom about how a nation will keep on going despite having corrupted officials and frequent changing of hands. Furthermore, what if a group of elite individuals ended up controlling the nation by having a puppet king as Prime Minister? It’s with such intriguing questions that make SP2 so watchable unfortunately the movie preferred a safer route that is ending it with Ogata’s personal vendetta which makes the entire hoo-ha an anti-climax.   

Okada Junichi who left a deep impression with his agile athletic fighting skills in the first continues his one-man fighting machine speciality sparring against the henchmen of Inoue though there is a significant lack of development for his role. The spotlight without a doubt shines on Tsutsumi Shinichi whose role is the key to everything. The veteran actor is passable as the solemn Ogata but most of us know Shinichi is capable of much more.

Production details on the whole are flawless and I would suggest watching the first one together with this to make it a more satisfactory experience. Seriously, don’t even think of watching one without the other or vice versa.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

NIL

AUDIO/VISUAL:

Colours, skin tones are clear and deep and the visual quality is excellent. The Dolby Digital 2.0 did a fairly decent job in executing the occasional gunshots and explosions. Dialogue remains clear throughout.

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Review by Linus Tee