Review of Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

Coming off the masterpiece that was Evangelion 2.2, Hideaki Anno decided to make Shinji Ikari's life a living hell, and that's exactly what Evangelion 3.3: You Can (Not) Redo is about. Shinji's life turned into a living nightmare. After being out of action for 14 years, Shinji is awakened and finds out that Asuka is indeed alive, Rei is still nowhere to be found and Misato blames him for everything that happened to activate Third Impact, which was stopped by a new organization called WILLE (I know what you're thinking, and no, stop being lewd) led by the former employees of NERV, Ritsuko and Captain MisatoKatsuragi that is bent on destroying NERV. Now (unless I missed it) please don't ask why, no one quiet knows the reason. Though now Shinji is forbidden to pilot Eva Unit 1, and this is where he meets Kowaru (you may remember him as a certain 5th child) and he tells Shinji that he almost screwed everything up and now NERV wants to eliminate all life on earth. Shinji is destined to make everything right, only he now knows that not even God is on his side...

This movie was negatively received by the Japanese audience and yet I understand their feelings for this film, though you must understand that this is only the stepping stone to Eva 4.0 and therefore it was not going to be what most people expected. While I trust Anno to deliver the goods in the final installment, I did not expect much from this film and that's what I got - not much. The final battle is both chilling and frightening at the same time and it will leave you wanting more, but sadly, that will not happen until 2014.

Jebus gives Evangelion 3.3 - You Can (Not) Redo: 3 Rei clones out of 5.