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Starring: Ryôka Yuzuki,  Hikaru Hanada,  Yuka Imai,  Kazuhiro Yamaji,  Jôji Nakata, 
Directed By: Katsuhito Akiyama, 
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Format: Animated,  Color,  DVD-Video,  Full Screen,  Letterboxed,  NTSC, 

Editorial Reviews and DVD Information about Armitage: Dual-Matrix/Armitage the Third: Poly-Matrix

Amazon.com
This sequel offers little of the Blade Runner-influenced vision of a despotic future that made the original OAV and previous feature so popular. After living peacefully under assumed names on Mars, Naomi Armitage and her husband Ross Sylibus are drawn into a standard anime plot involving a sinister corporation's efforts to create artificial humans. The curvaceous Naomi is actually a "Third," the most formidable type of cyborg. (She's even borne a child, which suggests just how sophisticated her circuitry is.) Naomi takes on the duplicates of her that the evil Demetrius Mardini has created, in a series of gunfights, fistfights, knife fights, and explosions. Despite the film's promising origins, clumsy storytelling and director Katsuhito Akiyama's tendency to stage many of the battles in dim dramatic lighting hurt its impact, as it's difficult to follow what's happening. Rated 16 Up: Graphic violence, violence against women, nudity, profanity. --Charles Solomon

Customer Reviews for Armitage: Dual-Matrix/Armitage the Third: Poly-Matrix

I actually thought this was good at one point?
Armitage wasn't good to begin with. This sequel was definitly not needed and added nothing new. The only thing this one has going for it is the action. The action scenes to me are far more engaging this time around. And thats the only strength, seriously.

I won't even get detailed with the story or plot because it really doesn't deserve it. The computer animation was way overdone and several scenes were too still. This is truly a movie that should be skipped. I only recommend this to those type of fans who has never seen a bad anime in thier life.Armitage: Dual-Matrix/Armitage the Third: Poly-Matrix

Poor dubbing, script
As others have mentioned, these two discs/videos stand on their own; it's not necessary to be familiar with the character of Armitage beforehand. The cell work is somewhat average, certainly at this point in time (2008), and the soundtrack/music really don't stand out. English dubbing for both is second-rate: Even though Keifer Sutherland and Juliette Lewis provide voices to the two main characters (Keifer in Armitage III and Juliette in Armitage), they sound like they're reading a passage from a book, and put little, if any, feeling into their lines.
The script is cliche, and the characters' actions don't reflect their supposed experience/intelligence or capabilities: why would someone who was previously a police detective take his daughter on trip to a conference involving a politically volatile issue (robot rights), when he's already seen the lengths the government will go to in order to suppress information? Potential for assassination or hostage-taking, anyone? I've read reviews indicating that Armitage III is a hack of a four-part anime series, and about an hour was cut out. That might explain the jerky plot, though it doesn't excuse the scriptArmitage: Dual-Matrix/Armitage the Third: Poly-Matrix

Decent action, Better story.
Standard man creates monster scenario.

Humans create robot sophisticaed enough to pass off as human, the most advanced ones can conceive a child with the help of a human male. Much like in the animatrix, things escalate to the point were we must question if these robots are just tools, or individuals with minds of their own and our resposibility to them.

Cover ups, sabotage, banishment & discrimination, and love. Love being the strongest point of these stories. Both self preservation and mutual love.

The action is decent, the story line-I believe to be fairly solid and understandable. I tell you about the story because I believe that adds most of the intensity to this movie. I'd say maybe 1/7 to 1/5 of these movies are action sequences, and their done quite well, but that wasn't the selling point for me.Armitage: Dual-Matrix/Armitage the Third: Poly-Matrix

Could be better.
As with the OVAs, I feel that there is not a whole lot to this anime. I feel that is could have been much better with more antagonists to be delt with and the ones already there not so easily delt with. I still think that some people could enjoy it thus the three-star rating.Armitage: Dual-Matrix/Armitage the Third: Poly-Matrix

Not bad for a sequel
While not as gritty as the original series, Dual Matrix makes for a good follow up. The animation is crisp and very good. The story was great as well. What got me was some of the extended and drawn out sequences at the end with the evil robots. They just felt too long.

Naomi still knows how to dish it out!Armitage: Dual-Matrix/Armitage the Third: Poly-Matrix