Gas Ningen/Human Vapor: A flawed, yet watchable reboot.
Finally, a month on from its initial release, I sat through the Netflix reboot of the 1960 classic, Gas Ningen/Human Vapor. The 1960 movie, directed by Ishiro Honda and written by Takeshi Kimura, was a classic tokusatsu movie which focused on being entertaining whilst also having something to say in regards to the anxieties and paranoias of the time. So, it is rather curious that Toho greenlit a reboot in the form of a eight episode drama, working alongside Wow Point in collaboration with Netflix of all platforms. During an interview between reporter Kyoko Kono and professor Sano which is broadcast on live television, the professor is suddenly levitated by a gaseous entity before it enters him and explodes him from the inside out. Shortly afterwards, a mysterious man who refers to himself as Gas Ningen/Human Vapor reveals himself and takes the credit for the murder. He then announces his intentions to murder those involved in an organisation known as White Center. Suspended detec...
