JUJUTSU KAISEN: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The Culling Game Begins-, 2025 - ★★★

This is not a movie.

In fact, it's not even an animated series with multiple episodes stuffed into a movie format.

This is almost an hour-long highlight reel with a brief introduction to the next season. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement.

There's no narrative, just cool visual scenes stitched together without emotional weights. They don't even try to make the story coherent, just slapping in cool dialogue here and there before abruptly cutting to another scene or setting, with no regard for a cohesive plot or even the characters. 

I was cracking up at how ridiculous it is that they don't even bother to explain anything whatsoever. I mean, who on earth thinks people could read the whole rules of the game in that split second! They just skip anything that remotely builds the narrative so they can show off their cool visuals and animation skills. They could have just picked some great scenes and let the audience relive it, then utilizing flashbacks for context. But nope, they even trimmed down crucial fight scenes to speed run the entire arc. What a terrible pacing. 

What's even worse is how they introduce a new arc and end it right after things BARELY start getting interesting. So, there's maybe one decent storyline that lasts less than 10 minutes in the entire 88-minute runtime. 

This is purely a cheap attempt to hype up fans by letting them see great visuals on a big screen—and that's it. 

I'm so glad I watched this with a monthly pass; otherwise, I'd be so upset at paying extra fees for whatever this is.

That said, the visuals are indeed amazing, with a unique artistic flair that helped cool my head a bit leaving the cinema. But now I know I'd never bother watching any of these in cinemas again, since they don't make them even remotely passable as movies in the first place. I'm not a picky person, but this is too disrespectful to warrant a generous second chance.