Baby Assassins : Nice Days is the successor to The Raid

Review of Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2024) by cody_who_posts_stuff: 👍 5/5

The third film in the Baby Assassins trilogy has brilliantly staged action sequences which you've come to expect, but this film largely is about more. More of them, more storytelling, more breathing room to be with these characters.

It also has one of the most compelling arcs for the characters as Mahiro worries that she is just as bloodthirsty and cruel as Kaede, and whether or not they are so different while Chisato does her best to pull Mahiro back from that ledge (metaphorcally speaking)

It's not the most original arc but it's in the execution and handling that give it life, it's all characters firing on all cylinders (at this point they've been embodied these characters across three films, they know them intrinsically)

When that finale reaches its peak, you really feel the emotional weight of it and whether or not Mahiro can protect Chisato without succumbing to the darkness that Kaede carries/embodies. It's heavier and darker stuff than the series had tackled before, but it does it with ease.

Strong recommend.