Film Business Asia Review: Prophecy1 min read

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Based on a manga by TSUTSUI Tetsuya 筒井哲也, Prophecy starts with the promising idea of a geeky group of social terrorists who pre-announce their missions online but fails to develop it in either an interesting or dramatic way. The idea of self-appointed dispensers of justice who are pursued by the authorities is hardly a new one in Japanese manga – Cloud くらうど, Destroy and Revolution デストロイアンドレボリューション, Akumetsu アクメツ and the futuristic Death Note デスノート are just some examples – but Prophecy brings few new ideas to the table and opts for an undramatic, everyday setting in which the thriller elements are played down. Coming from a director of NAKAMURA Yoshihiro 中村義洋‘s reputation, it’s a disappointment, devoid of both the dry humour he’s shown in earlier movies like Fish Story フィッシュストーリー (2009) and Chips ポテチ (2012), and even the atmospheric mystery of his last film, The Snow White Murder Case 白ゆき姫殺人事件.

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