There continues to be a complete undervaluing (arguably an active devaluing) of animation, but Trachtenberg & Company seems to understand its immense potential. Sequences and kills that simply could not exist in live-action exist within Killer of Killers. The gadgets are more twisted, the deaths more ferocious, and none of it coming at the expense of the storytelling.

Add it to the long list of live-action franchises that are better animated, because for some reason, Hollywood thinks it’s the reverse.