An abominable attempt at a remake of the already questionable source material. Think of it as a sacrificial lamb that created a path for a more famous work of this author. The supposed provocativeness of the plot is based on "perversion" of Christianity's core, albeit tackled in such a clunky and juvenile manner that even the most overzealous believers will remain indifferent. Perhaps its effectiveness would have held better somewhere around the witch hunt period, but not nowadays. Despite that the idea essentially had a lot of potential, it is mutilated by various absurdities and utter lack of subtlety. For example, robots which were allthe fad for that particular period are introduced for that reason alone. Absolutely chaotic, and not in a thematic exploration -- prevalent in some of Go's other works -- kind of way, but structurally. The impression is further deteriorated by the fact that some scenes from the previous work are merely recycled, however also visually enhanced. Not to say that there isn't some eye candy to be found, but that alone hardly offers any redemption.

No sympathy for the devil was found.