Golgo 13 - Queen Bee (2001)

Completely missed the point.

This addition to the Golgo 13 name is a failure and is inferior in almost everyway to the original. The Golgo 13 character is screwed up. He is no longer the cool collective hitman. He is easily distracted, he hesitates now, and blind luck plays a factor for his target too much. The tension that is present in the original Golgo 13 is gone. I'll clarify, the build up to achieve that one almost impossible shot no longer exists.

Golgo 13 is hired to whack some chick named Queen Bee. Her past and purpose is revealed but I didn't care for the character at all. The more this movie continued the more I got aggravated. This movie is a soft core porn flick. Sex scenes are plenty and the preparation for hits are minimal.

The animation and character designs are good. The soundtrack is kind of weak. The fight scenes are ok at best but nothing spectacular or noteworthy.

This is a movie that sits in my collection but I rarely watch. Those who aren't fans of Golgo 13 shouldn't waste their time. If you never seen Golgo 13, then check out the first one The Professional. In that one he actually comes off as a Professional. This one he is more of an amatuer. But if fan service and action is your main dish. Then by all means dig in.
March 20, 2008

a must have

if you are into fast killing and lot of action. With R rated movie line. This is it. This anime in particular is better than the last one as the ending in that movie is truly disappointing. This one has a lot of thrust as to why Golgo picks up the job given to him. After crying freeman if I suggest another anime to watch. This is it.
Also the movie Kowloon asignment is not bad either. Classic 70's with lot of sun-guns-and-buns. January 21, 2008

A movie about getting the job done

this movie has good animation with guns, explosions, violence, sex, hitmen, and some killing for the sport of it, for example with the good ol' knife in the head. September 13, 2005

Mr. Duke Togo Strikes Again!

Golo 13 is back, this time hired to kill a female revoluntary whose as brutal and effective as himself! Full of action with a mad violent opening that has to be seen to be believed, this is a worthy sequel to "Golo 13: The Professional". August 26, 2005

a slight improvment over the original

15 years later a sequel to Golgo 13 comes out. How does it fare overall? Well, one thing I can say is that I am surprised that people hated Queen Bee comparing it to the original. The only reason I decided to watch this was because I was told it was better than the first Golgo 13. Some anime reviewers will again hate me for this but I have to agree that Queen Bee is the better of the two. The pace of the movie was quick/to the point while at the same time including a decent plot which is what I like when it comes to anime. Sure, I would have liked the film to have been longer than 60 minutes but that doesn't take away from the overall movie. The character development of Queen Bee is interesting yet made me feel sorry for her as well. Golgo 13: Queen Bee is not oscar winning material even for anime though I did prefer the animated sequences over the original. As for the dvd, it has a few features to speak of... that's about it. Oh, be sure to watch through the end credits to see Duke Togo complete his final task. June 29, 2005

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