Alright, its time for another movie review! this time ill be talking about 2 movies in 1 review Final Fantasy VII advent Children *original ver. and complete version, but first, lets talk about the story.
WARNING: Spoilers ahead!
Story: its been two years after Cloud defeated Sephiroth and when The Meteor destroyed midgar and almost destroyed the planet. Cloud has been living with Tifa in a city called Edge and both have been taking care of Marlene and an orphan named Denzel. Denzel, Cloud and many citizens of Edge have been infected by a mysterious disease called Geostigma. While Cloud was on his way to meet The Turks, he was attacked by a group of three guys, Loz, Kadaj and Yazoo. luckily Cloud survived the attack. When Cloud arrived at the meeting, Cloud found out that Rufus Shinra survived Diamond weapon's attack from the original game. Rufus requests Cloud to stop the 3 men, but Cloud refuses. when Cloud left, Kadaj arrives and demands that Rufus tell him where to find Jenova. Meanwhile, Loz arrives at Aerith's church to find Jenova, where he is confronted with Tifa. Tifa tries to stop Loz, but fails, leaving Marlene kidnapped. Yazoo collects more children infected by Geostigma, including Denzel and takes them to the Forgotten capital of the ancients. Cloud finds out about this, and heads there to save the children
When Cloud arrived at the Forgotten capital, Cloud fights the 3 men. but it seems they are overpowered and it looks like Cloud is running out of HP... again. but luckily, one of his comrades, Vincent Valentine saves him. Vincent Tells Cloud what the three men are seeking and that it could result into the return of Sephiroth. Cloud finds Marlene and heads back to Edge to Fight Kadaj's gang. Kadaj summons alot of monsters including Bahamut SIN. of course, The Turks tried to stop Yazoo and Loz from looking for Jenova's remains at the monument informed by Rufus, but fail. After Cloud rescues Denzel, Cloud and his comrades stop Bahamut SIN. In a Building, Kadaj finds out that Rufus has Jenova's remains in possesion all along in a box. Rufus throws the box outside of the building and Kadaj jumps to it and recovers them, but the box gets shot by Rufus leaving it harshly damaged.
The trio attempt to escape on a motorcycle, but Cloud wont let them get away. as he rides off on his motorcycle, we have a nice battle sequence. Cloud pursues the three men at the ruins of Midgar. Loz and Yazoo are Caught in an Explosion and Cloud catches Kadaj in Aerith's church. an outflow of water infused with lifestream cures Cloud's Geostigma. Cloud battle's Kadaj while the others from the gang watch them battle in their airship. Vincent explains the gang that the three men were remnants of Sephiroth all along, wich makes them decide to let Cloud have his own battle. true friendship huh? leaving your friends in danger. Kadaj Absorbs Jenova's remains and Sephiroth Reappears. Sephiroth tells Cloud that all those who die from Geostigma join the lifestream, he will be able to control the planet as a vessel, and look for a new planet to rule, the same way Jenova did. it seems that Cloud is outmatched by Sephiroth, but he doesnt give up, he uses Omnislash ver 5 to defeat Sephiroth. After that, Kadaj dissapears into the lifestream. A healing rain starts falling across Edge wich cures all the people's Geostigma. Cloud gets shot by Yazoo alongside with Loz, wich also got healed by the healing rain. Cloud, Loz and Yazoo prepare for one more attack causing an explosion that engulf all three. Thankfully, Cloud survives and Awakens in a pool of water infused with lifestream in Aerith's church surrounded by his friends and the citizens of Edge. After curing Denzel and the other infected children with the water, he turns and sees Aerith and Zack leaning against the doorway. As they step into white light. The end.
Bottomline: well, ill be giving out two ratings: one for the original version and one for the complete version.
in the original version, there isnt much explanation, wich makes the story hard to follow. and i noticed a pattern: conversations, fighting, conversations, fighting, conversations, fighting and the end. it's pretty cheesy. but i gotta admit, the CGI is awesome. however, there is a re-release named The Complete Version. this version includes more scenes, better story and changes to the original version. im not saying the complete version is a spectacular movie, but i gotta say, its alot better than the original one.
a 5,4 for the original one and a 7,6 for the complete version,