Granted, I was not familiar with the Manga series this 2009 live action movie was based on. And I had never even heard about the "Gokusen" title before 2021 as I sat down to watch "Gokusen: The Movie", so I literally did not know what I was getting myself into here.
And now that I have seen the movie, I can't really claim to have become a fan of whatever this was based on. In fact, this movie was not really interesting or entertaining. Sure, it was semi-watchable, but the movie just fell short of being properly entertaining for my liking.
The acting in the movie was adequate, but taking into consideration the limitations of the script and storyline, then it wasn't outstanding performances being put on here. And for some reason, most of the male cast were upset or raising their voices 90% of their dialogue. So it grew tedious to listen to, much less watch.
Having seen the 2009 live action movie "Gokusen: The Movie" from director Tôya Satô, I am not going to rush headfirst out to track down everything titled "Gokusen" to watch.
The storyline in "Gokusen: The Movie" just didn't offer anything much for me. I like the intro sequence, with the airplane and the hijackers, but after that the movie sort of slumped in on itself and just trotted onwards in a monotonous and not overly enjoyable fashion.
Yeah, I wasn't particularly impressed with this movie, but it wasn't among the worst of Japanese live action movies based on a Manga. So that at least counts for something. And I am sure that there was and is an audience out there for a movie such as "Gokusen: The Movie".
My rating of "Gokusen: The Movie" lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars.
