Half hot romance, half gory action, this big screen take on the Japanese anime TV series is not a blockbuster for nothing.

Its gleeful perversity is semi-interesting: what the success of these titles tells us is that there’s an audience whose desires aren’t currently being met by Hollywood pencil-pushers. Man, is it male-oriented, though.

As for those over-the-top, extremely gory action sequences, they’re tremendously visceral, the eye-popping animation, propulsive musical score and deafening sound effects...delivering an enveloping, nearly psychedelic experience.

With an ending that feels like nothing short of a punch in the gut and leaves you on the verge of tears, Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc proves itself to be one of the greatest manga adaptations for the big screen in recent years.