Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

Eleven Arts | Release Date: January 21, 2011

7.9	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 96 Ratings

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RandUm801eeeSep 26, 2022

A significant step up from the first Rebuild. Rather than simply remaking the story of the TV show, You Can (Not) Advance instead decides to branch off and forge its own path. In this iteration of Eva, the characters have been subtlyA significant step up from the first Rebuild. Rather than simply remaking the story of the TV show, You Can (Not) Advance instead decides to branch off and forge its own path. In this iteration of Eva, the characters have been subtly de-edged, and the movie spends more time exploring the characters interactions with one another than the show did. It also puts it's movie budget to good use, creating a vision of sci-fi Tokyo that feels more fleshed out than the show could ever depict.

With that said, the film still has a lot of issues. Important characters from the show are either heavily-reduced or non-existent. The gross fanservice from the show is even more prominent in the movie, which feels inexcusable for a 2009 release. There is a new character named Mari who has no discernable function. And although the film does find new angles to explore the characters, it still feels rushed in favor of the overarching sci-fi plot, as well as setting up threads for the future movies to pay off. Overall, 2.0 is an enjoyable enough sit, but it doesn't quite manage to justify the Rebuilds existence. I'm of the contrarian opinion that 3.0 is a significant step up.… Expand

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