Originally Reviewed on Letterboxd Man its always awkward whenever you are watching an epic fight play out with all this spectacle and high octane action only for it to randomly cut at points to these random people having sex during a festival.......... not sure what that adds but now I am tonally all over the place and I dont know how to feel. While I myself would never have imagined Samuel L. Jackson in something as odd as anime before given his usual track record he proved that he could do wonders in one while being supported by the many other positive elements to be found within the Afro Samurai miniseries. It wasnt necessarily the best show ever given its short length which didnt allow the story to develop fully or be that interesting along with the fact that it does follow along a lot of the usual plotlines and tropes you see in these kinds of shows but they managed to make up for this with a great set of characters wonderful voice acting fantastic animation and incredible action scenes that kept your eyes glued to the screen just to see what other kind of crazy shit could happen next. But despite all of that Im sure many people back then wouldve wanted more out of this since it was so short and thankfully they listened and were able to deliver for just two years after the series ended we would get a followup movie to..... conclude the story once and for all and it was released as Afro Samurai: Resurrection. I watched the Afro Samurai series back last week and since I really enjoyed what I got out of it I was really looking forward to watching the movie too but at the same time I didnt really know what I was gonna get out of it. Obviously I was gonna get more stunning visuals and incredible action sequences but in terms of the story...... I mean where were they gonna go from here? They had already tied up everything well enough in the show so what more was there to do and on top of that was it actually going to end this series off once and for all or just be another round of Afro doing cool shit for an hour and a half and nothing more? Well after now watching the film I can safely say that...... it was the latter. But thankfully it was still a good latter nonetheless because the film still manages to be a pretty good time being just as good if not better then the show it follows up and gives us plenty more of what we loved from that series in an extended format. The story is again pretty typical stuff with it diving into a little more about the history of these characters as well as giving Afro a lot more slaughtering to do but it is more or less not really all that important as the film has its priorities in the action more then anything else but trust me that is definitely for the best the characters are great with Afro Ninja Ninja and all the others that returned still being just as great as they were in the TV show and even some of the new characters that we get to see while not being there for too long are pretty likable and have some great moments too the voice acting is still damn good with Samuel Jackson still giving a wonderful performance as both Afro and Ninja Ninja and all of the others like Lucy Liu Grey DeLise Mark Hamill and so on also managed to do a pretty good job right alongside him the animation is incredible once again stepping things up from the show and giving us plenty more wonderful shots sequences and designs to marvel at throughout the runtime and the action scenes are still as fantastic as ever being very fast kinetic and bloody all at once providing plenty of exciting sequences that will give you your moneys worth if you loved what you got in the original show. However with all of that being said despite the fact that it does carry a lot of what the show managed to do so well it never really tries to.... eclipse it yknow? I dunno call me entitled or whatever but when it comes to a movie following up a TV show of any kind I would expect the movie to try to go big or go home amping everything up to make for a much more memorable experience and while things are somewhat amped up in this one things dont really go further then what we got in the TV show which already had all of those incredible strengths to begin with. Not to mention the story doesnt really feel like anything all that special. It just feels like another journey for Afro to go on for the sake of it not really fitting or following up too much with what came before it which isnt necessarily a bad thing but that could still be a downside to those that were looking for more of that. Doesnt bother me that much though as Im still having fun with what Im being given here. Overall despite not taking advantage of its potential and a bit of a weak plot Afro Samurai: Resurrection manages to give more of what the TV show managed to do so well and then some and it is pretty good because of that delivering more of the fantastic animation wonderful fight scenes and great characters and performances that fans of the show wanted right alongside just that little bit more to still make it feel like a proper addon to this seriess saga. I would definitely recommend it for those who loved the original show or even the manga that it is based on because while it doesnt try to surpass either of those necessarily it will still give you plenty more of what you want and love and thats all one can ask for at the end of the day. Its a shame though that after this movie we wouldnt get any other sort of TV shows or films from this series again but in all honesty thats probably for the best. Dont wanna ruin what we already have yknow? I mean I guess there are those video games that came out after the show and film but uh ha ha............ it would probably be smart to avoid those.