Audience reviews
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Jastereich
So, I just checked out this movie called Queen Bee. Overall, it's got its ups and downs. The story has its moments, but it's a bit inconsistent at times. The animation style is decent, but you can tell there were some budget and time constraints, especially during the action scenes. Sound-wise, it's alright, but it doesn't hit you like the 1983 movie did.
As for character development, it's a mixed bag. There's some solid drama in there, but also some weak spots. Despite its flaws, I still had a good time watching it, especially as a fan of the 1983 flick. Oh, and that final scene during the credits? Pretty satisfying, and it captures the essence of Golgo 13 stories nicely.
In the end, I'd say give it a shot at least once, but don't expect it to measure up to the 1983 classic.
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I was originally gonna save this till tomorrow, but I thought, aw hell let's finish this now and thus I am concluding my little mini-marathon of the Golgo 13 movies with the belated sequel to The Professional, Queen Bee. I'd forgotten how much I liked this one as it's a fairly underappreciated and ambitious follow-up to its predecessor despite a massively reduced budget and much easier-to-follow plot. For being only an hour long, it doesn't waste a moment, it's a very harsh and gritty political thriller that keeps Golgo in the background as this omnipresent threat while the movie focuses heavily on the titular Queen Bee and her campaign. The movie leans on its style quite a bit, both visually and sound-wise, which are both to be expected from an Osamu Dezaki movie, but ultimately feels und…
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Nearly as awesome as the 80s film. Solid story, another bat-shit crazy villain, and Duke oozes just as much cool as ever. It has a bit more action this time around, and the animation is obviously a step-up and really good. The one thing that bugged me was the shift in music, which tonally is totally different from the first, even though the plot and style of the film is similar. It's a bit jarring and I didn't think it fit the film as well as it could have. Also, a couple of the sex scenes in this are HILARIOUS, to the point where it'll make you laugh out loud in the midst of a film that's largely rather serious. If you liked the first one, check this out for sure.
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Story - I feel as though this was a Queen Bee story that happened to have Golgo in it, and you could make the argument for most Golgo media being that way but really he's just not in most of the movie. I didn't have super high expectations and honestly the story can be very good sometimes, and then switch to laughably bad. That said, it's just very uneven but overall serviceable. I would give it a higher score here but some aspects were just glaringly bad in my opinion. There's things to like here but, as said before, too uneven.
Art - This is a 90's production and though they tried hard to emulate the style of the manga and the other OVA from 1983, it shows it's budget and it's corner cutting at times. That said, the style itself is actually absolutely fine and more of a realistic one th…
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Queen Bee is yet another adventure for the enigmatic Golgo 13, and not just the name of a hentai production company. At first I assumed it would be a direct sequel to the first movie somehow, but it's completely unconnected. Like all of Golgo's future adventures, it's all very episodic.
Basically he's contracted to take out a character known as the Queen Bee, a woman leading some group of vaguely eastern refugees from some country in a jungle somewhere. I don't remember if it said but it really doesn't matter, because they really just wanted the jungle setting for act 3 to show off that Golgo 13 is capable of fighting in all kinds of situations. We get another super assassin targeting Golgo or the Queen Bee or something that's trying to get in his way. Basically they use these bigbads as…
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Story/Plot - 7 The story is told through different perspectives, much like the Golgo 13: The Professional movie. It's less straightforward, and has another character with her own story going on- or should I say, has the main story revolving more around her as opposed to Duke. Duke is hired to kill her because she wants to assassinate Robert Hardy, but a bunch of other things are thrown into the mix making the story more complex.
Characters - 7 I found Sonia to be quite the interesting character. She has a clear goal and motivation, and she is given a proper background, so we know a lot about her; although I don't think she served very well as an antagonist, seeing how she doesn't really pose a threat and feels more like a protagonist throughout the story. I also thought that Robert…
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The second and currently last Golgo 13 movie. Well technically it's an OVA, but it's all one feature so whatever. In this one Golgo 13 is hired by the US's vice president nominee to assassinate "Queen Bee", a major drug distributor who plans to assassinate the presidential candidate for his anti-drug platform. Golgo 13 is suspicious about how simple this job is and investigates further before making his move. Simple indeed! Queen Bee came out 15 damn years after the first movie, and despite Osamu Dezaki still being the director things have drastically changed. Nothing to do with the story of Golgo 13, and it's still a fun one in all of its grimly serious pulp glory. But the eccentric direction…
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Another bad ass entry. Seriously, I could live on Golgo 13 films, this time the quiet sharpshooter Duke Togo is out to stop the assassination of a presidential candidate by the ruthless Sonia, or Queen Bee as she is known for birthing many children. With a rockin pistol hand and body, this red hair plays by her own rules. So naturally she bangs Togo, but he knows his mission. But once certain things are reviled about Sonia, and the candidate's sinister second hand hires a ex army solider with an eye patch to finish the job, things get bonkers.
Perfect 90's anime cheese wrapped in a steaming, sexy tortilla. What I love about this is the maturity that goes into the product. This isn't about big boobed aline girls (okay sure there are boobs) but the story takes itself and the characters ser…
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It's worth the watch if you don't want to bother with the TV series, but I don't think it's as good. While the animation and art are acceptable and feel "Golgo," the one thing that really nagged at me was Golgo's lack of capability. Throughout the TV series, he never really got cornered, but he was injured and held unconscious several times throughout this, which kind of messed with my image of him. I like the TV series mainly because the idea of some world-renowned nigh-invincible assassin is awesome. Queen Bee subtracted from that and didn't really even focus on him that much. As a stand-alone movie, it is good, but I didn't really like it. Objectively, it's a long way ahead of The Professional, which, while appealing more to my opinion of Golgo, was a fairly difficult movie to sit throu…
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The sequel to the classic Golgo 13 : The Professional, is a more enjoyable movie, despite (or perhaps because of) being simpler and relatively straightforwards.
Without spoiling the first movie, after all that, you sort of wonder what would become of the protagonist... not that he seemed to be concerned himself, mind you.
In this one, Queen Bee, Golgo shows that he can adjust the timing of his jobs in order to accomplish other goals. I would say more, but it is hard not to spoilt it.
So, I will just say that, even if you know nothing about Duke / Golgo, this movie is enjoyable: it seems like an action-drama based on an assassin sent on a difficult job (hunting down a rebel leader, alone and in the jungle), but then seems to turn into more of a love drama, but what the true emotions of…
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