Netflix has given birth to one of its most ambitious projects to date, if not the most ambitious in terms of historical budget: one piece. The one in the work created by Eiichiro Oda has captivated all those who have seen it thanks to the enormous care put into each scene, although not all decisions have been successful.
It turns out that for the dubbing of Sanji in Spanish and Castilianthe voice actor chosen to playTaz Skylar has been Taz Skylar himself. You may not know him, but the actor is of Canarian origin, so everything points to Netflix letting him dub himself in the Spanish versions of the series, just like Iñaki Godoy does with the Latin American dubbing.
The result, unfortunately, doesn’t quite fit in with the rest of the voice actors, since unlike the other characters, it seems that his dubbing was done in a completely different place where the audio quality is inferior. This, as expected, has not entirely convinced many fans, although there are also a fair number of them who are in favor of Skylar as Sanji’s voice actor.
While it is true that One Piece has become one of the most entertaining series of the year on Netflix, it is also necessary to recognize the mistake that Spanish-speaking distributors have made in this decision, since a professional voice actor he would have fit the dubbed versions of the character much better.
It should also be noted that the True problem of this specific dubbing it’s not the accent per se; without going any further, the young version of Sanji also has a canary accent, but it is quite noticeable that he is a professional voice actor and it fits perfectly with the tonality of the series. It will be necessary to see if this changes in the face of possible seasons, but it is likely that everything will remain the same given the circumstances of the agreement that Netflix has with its actors.
Universal has released the first official trailer for The Northman. The images treat us to hard action with vikings.
The new film directed by director Robert Eggers, known for films such as The Witch and The Lighthouse, shows how the blood-curdling life of a northerner can run. Unlike his two previous films, The Northman will not be categorized as a horror film. Nevertheless, the bloodshed story will hopefully give us reason enough to sit on the edge of our seats.
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The Dutch release date for the film is scheduled for April 28, 2022. It will then only be shown in cinemas, unlike many other films that also immediately appeared on streaming services.
Hard cast
Not only the images are a reason to keep an eye on this film. You may notice that some very familiar faces appear in the film. Some of the big names you can expect to appear in the film are as follows:
Alexander Skarsgard (Godzilla vs Kong)
Anya Taylor Joy (The Queen’s Gambit)
Nicole Kidman (The Hours)
Ethan Hawke (The Black Phone)
Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse & Spider-Man)
Claes Bang (The Square)
Bjork (Dancer in the Dark)
The Story of The Northman
The film’s story follows a merry young prince whose life is turned upside down by the murder of his father. In an almost psychopathic way you see the prince change from a happy cheerful boy, to a bloodthirsty warrior whose only goal is to fulfill his life’s mission:
We’ll have to wait until April 28 to find out how the movie will fare. Still, this is definitely a movie to keep an eye on, especially for Vikings fans.
Chinese developers have been making more and more noise lately. The most prominent representative is probably Genshin Impact. The Chinese development studio Digital Sky is working on a new game: ProjectDT. This is supposed to be a very fast action game with science fiction elements, which will also include fights with mechas.
No further information is known yet, but the first trailer already provides a lot of information about the gameplay and atmosphere. The project is still in the starting blocks, which is why the studio is currently looking for employees for it. They need support in various areas, from 3D animation to concept design.
In the past, Digital Sky was responsible for the development of various mobile games. For example, Bandai Namco worked on mobile games for Dragon Ball Z and Tokyo Ghoul. They were also responsible for some otome visual novels.
Few better things come to mind than enter a movie theater to receive an adrenaline rush for a couple of hours the kind that leave you with a sore jaw from unconsciously clenching during the projection. Each year there are only a handful of films capable of generating these sensations -or close to them-, and so that you do not have to look too far, we have compiled the best ones in the list that you can read below.
Having passed the equator of 2023, we can already make a good selection with the best thrillers and the best action movies that have gone through the big and small screen so far this film year. The harvest, of course, is still very appetizing.
We start our list internationally with this Danish production directed by Ali Abassi, responsible for the fantastic ‘Border’ and who has once again demonstrated his talent in the fantastic ‘The Last of Us’. The filmmaker takes us to Iran at the beginning of the century in one of the most tense, raw, unsettling and twisted thrillers we’ve seen in a long, long time. If many speak of her as the ‘Seven’ of Oriente Fear, it is not by chance.
‘John Wick 4’ (‘John Wick: Chapter 4’, 2023)
Directed by: Chad Stahelski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgard, Ian McShane, Lawrence Fishburne
Don’t say “action”, say “John Wick”. After three magnificent installments, it seemed impossible that the saga starring Kenau Reeves could further increase its level of quality, but with this fourth part Chad Stahelski has exceeded all expectations with a sweeping, ultra-stylish and epic show which has left us with some of the most impressive setpieces and combat scenes of recent times. Blessed self-awareness.
‘They knock on the door’ (‘Knock at the Cabin’, 2023)
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Kristen Cui, Rupert Grint
Nobody like the good old M. Night Shyamalan to get on your nerves and leave you sitting on the edge of your seat for a couple of hours using only first class atmospheres and characters. With ‘There’s a knock at the door’, the director has adapted the novel by Paul Tremblay molding a one hundred percent house brand story that plays with the end of the world in an exercise worthy of praise in form and substance.
Criticism of “There is a knock at the door”
‘The pact (The Covenant)’ (‘Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant’, 2023)
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Anthony Starr, Emily Beecham, Alexander Ludwig
Guy Ritchie does not fail. Whether in much more personal and lucid bets – pay attention to the next film on the list – or in more conventional titles, the British knows very well how to energize the stalls, and the case of ‘The Pact’ is no exception. His warlike action thriller will not go down in history as the most personal title in his filmography, but his camera work and staging and the performance of Jake Gyllenhaal They deserve a place in this compilation.
‘Operation Fortune: The great deception’ (‘Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre’, 2023)
If in ‘The pact’, the figure of Guy Ritchie was half present, in the hilarious ‘Operation Fortune’, the director’s personality can be perceived frame by frame. Hatfield’s has once again teamed up with Jason Statham and Hugh Grant to model a spy adventure that delivers everything expected of a Ritchie title: top-notch action, spectacular execution, and a sense of humor that’s as goofy as it is absurd. Brilliant.
‘The Master Gardener’ (‘Master Gardener’, 2022)
Directed by: Paul Schrader
Cast: Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, Quintessa Swindell, Esai Morales, Victoria Hill
As it could not be less, the last feature film by the legend who wrote ‘Taxi Driver’ and who has directed great titles such as ‘Mishima’, ‘Escape chance’ or ‘The Reverend’, had to be part of this list. On this occasion, the teacher injects an extra dramatic charge into a guilt-ridden character study in which the suspense and sleaze have almost as much weight as its sad and nostalgic aura. Essential.
Review of ‘The Master Gardener’
‘Tyler Rake 2’ (‘Extraction 2’, 2022)
Directed by: Sam Hargrave
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Adam Bessa, Olga Kurylenko, Tinatin Dalakishvili
After his first installment swept Netflix, it was almost inevitable that Chris Hemsworth’s Tyler Rake would return to the Big N of streaming to shape what will be the platform’s action franchise. Sam Hargrave has returned to get behind the cameras in a more effective sequel than its predecessor in which its formal effects make more sense. The Hargrave-Hemsworth duo has come to play, and the result is a salad of cookies and shots to enjoy without worries that also brings an impossible sequence shot under its arm.
With each passing installment, the ‘Fast & Furious’ saga gets a little more unhinged, and the last-minute change that its tenth installment suffered and that landed Louis Leterrier in the director’s seat has not prevented this constant from being followed. And it is that ‘Fast & Furious X’ has reached such levels of delicious and crazy absurdity that it is the closest thing we can find to an ‘Avengers’ movie with big cars, the smell of gasoline and a sleeveless shirt. An authentic joy full of self-awareness and without any fear of ridicule.
Criticism of ‘Fast & Furious X’
‘Mission: Impossible – Deadly Judgment. Part 1’ (‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. Part 1’, 2023)
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Cast: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Hailey Atwell
Anyone looking to see the most elegant, precise and rhythmic action cinema available today has a clear winning bet: the ‘Mission: Impossible’ saga. Since its fourth installment, Ethan Hunt’s adventures have been raising the bar until they lead to a ‘Deadly Sentence’ that It may not be the best, but it leaves an almost perfect two and a half hours in which espionage and heart-stopping setpieces are at the service of pure and simple fun.
Review of ‘Mission: Impossible – Deadly Judgment. Part 1’
‘Sisu’ (2022)
Directed by: Jalmari Helander
Cast: Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Onni Tommila, Mimosa Willamo
‘Sisu’ may enter the top 3 of great surprises that the last edition of the Sitges Festival gave me. Jalmari Helander’s film unexpectedly ended up becoming the winner of the award for best film in the competition, because its hour and a half of footage condenses a magnificent narrative economy and one of the dumbest action orgies, almost in a cartoon style, of the year. Watching a super soldier slaughtering ___s has never been so satisfying and fun. And on top of that there is a beautiful puppy.
‘Boksoon Must Die’ (‘Kill Bok-soon’, 2023)
Director: Byun Sung-hyun
Cast: Jeon Do-yeon, Sol Kyung-gu, Kim Si-a, Esom, Koo Kyo-whan
As expected in a list made by a server, there was going to be room for the South Korean industry. My first selection for the occasion is ‘Boksoon Must Die’, with which Byun Sung-hyn, who directed the fantastic ‘The Merciless’ in 2017, has remade an action thriller that does not invent the wheel, but that has an impeccable technical invoice, form and style. Jeon Do-yeon is magnificent in the leading role of her.
Cast: Song Kang-ho, Lee Buyng-hun, Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Nam-gil, Park Hae-jun
And, finally, another of the great surprises of Sitges 2022 and an impeccable… and relentless South Korean thriller. The bulky 150 minutes of ‘Emergency Declaration’ once again demonstrate that South Korea has a special sensitivity for this type of cinema, and that is that his orgy of action and intrigue on board an airplane manages to keep you riveted to the seat practically without blinking until the credit titles circulate. What Han does with the camera in a confined space is truly impressive.
