An artful film with eye feasting 2d art, animation, and very pleasing to hear music i.e, each and every song of it. A compelling style package and shockingly dark turn of events makes it seem like really solid writing too but then quickly gets riddled with multiple annoying plot twists. The film is structured at an extremely fast pace with little to no setup or even any breathing room to take in the action or the environment. A sort of annoying extensive attention grabbing setup but it works. The world-building from the cannon both helps and hurts the film on multiple levels, with certain characters being iconic and some interactions and events being all over the place. Yet as it covers loads of characters, it's actually fun at times to see the chemistry and coordination between people from different factions. And it delivers in giving a taste of Red haired pirates and their abilities. Something we are so deprived of in the canon. Overall, it delivers what's expected with high-quality animation and a slice of Red haired pirates' action.

Kinda good but also kinda not. While Film Red certainly tries to do a lot of interesting things, I feel that the only one of them that it does really well is the music, which was sort of a given considering Ado's known talent. Uta was a good villain as far as these sorts of movies go, her motivation was good and it was interesting to see how someone completely disconnected from the world of One Piece would try to rectify what they see as problems. What I really didn't like in the movie was its over-reliance on cameos and guest characters, which seriously interferes with the flow of the film. While some inclusions make sense (Koby, Helmeppo, Bartolomeo to a lesser extent), some feel really forced. Like did we really need Blueno, Kalifa, Kizaru, Fujitora, Katakuri, Oven, AND Brulee to take up so much of the movie when the Straw Hats barely get anything to do? I would have much rather some of these characters been cut or given more interesting roles in the story. Despite being the film's namesake and a major part of the marketing push, Shanks really only shows up for about one-third of the movie, and even then he's not very consequential until the final battle. For the sake of fairness, I do have to mention that seeing his crew in action after such a long wait was really cool, but went by a little too quickly to leave much of an impact. In fact, just about everything about the Red Hair Pirates in this movie just feels like sort of a cheap way to garner more interest in a story that would otherwise be less interesting to the One Piece fandom at large. Also, Tot Musica is an insane bullcrap addition to the film, rivaled only by those ridiculous volcano things from Film Z. Although I was very critical of the way that this film handled certain elements, I do still believe it's a pretty solid addition to the One Piece films, even if it doesn't quite reach the heights of some of the more recent outings. The film has a lot of crowd-pleasing moments and some truly spectacular music and animation, even if it is muddled by the subpar story and the abundance of forced fan service. Also, my ranking of the most recent five One Piece films: 1. One Piece Film Z 2. One Piece Film Gold 3. One Piece Strong World 4. One Piece Film Red 5. One Piece Stampede