English Dub Movie Review: Genocidal Organ

Yaaaa…you guys ready for more end of the world?

For a movie that was produced in Japan that would take nearly a year to get an English dub adaptation of, Genocidal Organ, the producers of the film sure know a lot about American culture.

Welcome to a world where evidently Sarajevo was nuked and all of the first world nations become surveillance states and the third world countries are subject to genocide. In Genocidal Organ, we follow Clavis Shephard, an intelligence agency that is asked to track down the guy behind the genocides and bring him in for prosecution.

The sci-fi tale is a fairly modern take, Domino’s Pizza is still around as is pro football and American beer. But, the military spending has DEFINITELY increased as the US military features some juicy new technologies to get the job done. Unfortunately, still at the heart of any investigation, are the possibilities of love, betrayal, and espionage and you get a bunch of that here.

That said, the plot is somewhat a muddled mess with campy dialogue that comes from a script that doesn’t have a point. There’s also a lot here that feels reminiscent of Philip H. Dick stories that have already become featured films including Minority Report, and even the early naughties flick Equilibrium. The premise harps strong on attempting to present America as a controlled state in a post-9/11 world that maybe scrapes up some commentary on today’s injustices in government. We get it guys, we’re all screwed, but even in your world we still have pizza and football so it can’t be ALL bad can it?

Fortunately, the voice acting has solid lineage behind it, with English dub performances from the likes of the brilliant Ian Sinclair and the always reliable Clifford Chapin. And yes, by far and away, Clavis Shepherd is probably Josh Grelle’s best-acted role yet.

Really, this film has the hot stripper syndrome, in that Genocidal Organ has a nice body, but when you start to pull back the layers you notice there’s a lot of damage here. Geno Studio did a fabulous job in producing a dark and dense dystopian epic, but the promise falls by the wayside with a rather cliched plot featuring drib drab dialogue served on a bed of, “we’re warning ya, guys!”