Lady Death [Blu-ray]

Let Death be a Lady tonight......
Well, I can honestly say that this is the first time that I experienced a film that had literally no meat or potatoes in it. The entire film felt like it was just the salad with no main course. The story line was fallible and laughable, the characters were one-dimensional, the realism was out the window, and the animation was done by four-year olds. Does that cover it? I have never been more embarrassed for a concept in my entire life. I have never read the comics or seen the other programs with this character, but from the looks of the other reviews I am not off base with my observation.

To begin, the story moved too quickly. For someone new to this character and situations, I needed more built into creating the reasons instead of finding the solution. I have seen other Anime (if you could call this one an Anime) that do great things with their characters because they take the time to develop them. There was nothing set aside for Lady Death. In a few short scenes,...

Guilty pleasure
I have to admit that I hadn't read the comic book version of "Lady Death". I rented this out of sheer curiosity when I saw it on the website of my online dvd rental service. The premise of the film sounded intriguing. A young girl Hope is the daughter of a mercenary named Matthias who isn't what he appears to be. When villagers make accusations against Matthias for a fiery incident at his castle, Hope is punished for her father's crimes by the townsfolk and is burned at the stake. When Hope is reunited with her father in the underworld, she finds out his real identity as Lucifer. She quickly rejects her father's offer to rule the underworld and conquer the world together. Her rejection automatically sends her to Lucifer's former comrade Cremator. Under Cremator's tutelage, Hope slowly transforms into Lady Death both physically and emotionally. Lady Death is determined to bring down her father once and for all.

I personally liked this movie. It isn't perfect. I have seen...

ravage 24/7
Lady Death is a great movie!I am one of the biggest Lady Death fans with having comics,litho's,statues,and a full picture tattoo of her from head to heel on my back and even with all the so-called negative reviews I still love this movie.The anime style actually works really well for this picture.Hope is wrongly accussed by the town of devil worship after her father escapes into hell leaving her behind.She is then burned at the stake only to be saved by a prayer her father taught her.Hope realizes her father is Satan after he saves her and Hope is delivered to hell.Satan has his own evil plan in the works the whole time.Hope receives help from an unlikely ally and is transformed into Lady Death during her training.Lady Death must now stop Satan in a battle for hell.The movie does stay true to the comic and the origins of Lady Death for one hell of a thrill ride from start to finish.This is an awesome movie that any true Lady Death fan will love.If you want to nitpick about every...

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