SPOILERS BEWARE Before I jump into the main review let me say that Sunrise made three recap movies last decade which are somewhat prequels to this movie so if you dont want to go and rewatch the anime series once again only the third one is relevant to this movie since its an alternate universe where Shirley is alive compared to where she dies in the TV series. She plays a part in the movie but it didnt seem it was that major anyway in all honesty you only really need to watch the third recap movie before watching this movie. One more thing to say is that this movie was made in 2019 compared to the original Code Geass which aired back in 2006 so for fans which watched the series back then this must have been a pretty exciting movie to see the characters of this masterpiece in new content. Since Im watching it straight after watching the TV series the impact wasnt that grand to seeing the characters but I was pretty excited since I absolutely loved the main TV show. Moving on to the actual movie review to me it felt like it was great to see the characters again but other than that it was just an additional movie which doesnt really add that much to the already existing Code Geass universe. It follows a similar principle to the show where we have Lelouch fighting yet another new opponent since Nunally was abducted. I wont say its a bad movie but its just there although the ending sequences were really sweet and heartwarming seeing Lelouch reunited with his sister once more was nice but the ending of the movie is its strongest point. When Lelouch wanted to go with CC and said that he would change his name to LL to go undetected brought out the greatest smile Ive ever seen from CC it was pretty amazing as I ship them in the end I pick CC as best girl of the show and the ending of this movie finally gives CC fans something to smile about and thats not even mentioning the post credits scene which is just the icing on the cake of the scene we witness beforehand. They got married two immortal Geass users belonging together since they are now different from everyone else. This ending of the alternate universe was really sweet but besides that the movie didnt offer that much memorable content. Sure it was a bit emotional seeing how characters reacted to seeing Lelouch back from the dead but aside from that there isnt really that much more I can comment on in regard to this movie. As always the OST is amazing from Code Geass the OP and ED really stand out this time as their both really damn good personally I prefer the ED song which has a very fitting name for this movie Revive since this in a sense is exactly what Lelouch does in this movie he is revived and resurrected but moves on from his past to live a life away from society in peace with his partner CC. Besides that theres not much else I want to touch on I will say though that if youre a Code Geass fan then you should definitely watch this movie since at the end of the day its still new content with the same cast of the show if youre like me and love the cast of the show then by all means I recommend checking the movie out as it offers some sweet scenes and a pretty fulfilling ending to this alternate universe. The movie is just there but should be watched if youre a Code Geass fan since it offers some really sweet new scenes. There is now even more hype generated since a new Code Geass project has already been announced for the future so you can bet that I will check it out when the time is right.
80 /100
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