Demon City (2025)

Demon City is a pretty muddled film - an unstoppable assassin has a loving family, then he's stopped and doesn't, then he doesn't move for 12 years, then he's an unstoppable assassin again. Maybe it makes more sense in the manga, but the movie version barely even tries.

The film reminded me in some ways of Versus, though not in complimentary ways... that film had 10 times the style on 1/10th of the budget and was delightfully self-aware. Demon City doesn't seem to be having nearly as much fun.

The two films are similarly extravagant with violence though, and the action is certainly Demon City's strongest hand. There's copious blood and dismemberment, and at least some interesting attempts at choreographing dynamic motion.

The lead actor is not particularly compelling though - he can move, but he doesn't have the physicality or charisma that the film seems to think/wish he does.

I found myself asking "Is this actually a comedy?" more than once, even up to the final scene - and when you find yourself unsure of that when the credits roll the film has definitely done something wrong, whatever the answer is supposed to be.