Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Movie 2: Great Clash! The Illusionary Ruins at the Depths of the Earth

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The movie takes place after the Sasuke Retrieval arc, but before the timeskip.

The movie opens with a battle taking place at night on a desolate seaside beach between Sand-nin and soldiers wearing bulky suits of armor (apparently European in influence). Despite their best efforts, the Sand-nin are slowly overwhelmed by the sheer strength of their mysterious opponents. The timely arrival of reinforcements led by Kankuro and Gaara evens out the odds, Kankuro slicing apart a suit of armor with his puppet, and Gaara dispatching a large number of enemies en masse with his signature Desert Imperial Funeral. However, when Gaara orders the Sand-nin to shine a flare at the retreating enemies, a large warship which resembles a pre-WWI-era dreadnought arrives to reinforce them. The ship then opens fire with some kind of missiles and Gaara's sand armor barely manages to protect his comrades.

The movie stars Naruto, Shikamaru, and Sakura as they deliver a lost pet to its village. However, a mysterious knight called Temujin intercepts them and they fight, causing both to be knocked off a cliff. Then, the group becomes separated, and Shikamaru stumbles upon an enormous mysterious moving fortress.Naruto wakes up to find himself injured in a caravan. He also finds Temujin asleep beside him. When Temujin awakens the lost pet seems to be attracted to him.

Meanwhile Sakura and Shikamaru split up to search for Naruto. Shikamaru spies on the fortress and find a lab with kids in capsules.The movie revolves mostly around a special mineral called the Gelel Stone, which has a strong and mysterious power. There was once a clan that could control the stone's powers (the traveling caravan and Temujin are part of this clan), but they were destroyed because of fights for the stone.

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