What happens when China creates its own hero patterned after the famous Kamen Rider (Masked Rider) franchise? The result would be Emperor Armor Hero, a transformation into an armored hero when the summoner wears the belt and shouts out 合體 (assemble).
But it's not as easy as just putting on the rider belt and shouting "henshin". When the armor hero belt was damaged, the summoner would have difficulty in transforming into the emperor hero. One must have the will to summon the hero inside. The main character in the movie, Ziyang, didn't know what to do when he suddenly couldn't become a hero. But his friends helped him to remember the words of the Professor, that one must "forget about the past and face the future bravely".
So the movie follows the plot of other well-known sentai and/or Rider series but here we see the incorporation of very Chinese elements we rarely see in Japanese sentai--- the dragon.
But it's not as easy as just putting on the rider belt and shouting "henshin". When the armor hero belt was damaged, the summoner would have difficulty in transforming into the emperor hero. One must have the will to summon the hero inside. The main character in the movie, Ziyang, didn't know what to do when he suddenly couldn't become a hero. But his friends helped him to remember the words of the Professor, that one must "forget about the past and face the future bravely".
And so Ziyang was able to reactivate the belt...
...and transform into the Emperor Armor Hero, just in time to save the day from the evil plans of a power-hungry brainiac who was bent to spread chemical pollution all over the world by using satellites (this plan of spreading toxins via satellites remind me a lot of Bloody Monday, a manga I read years back when having a break from my college thesis).
And I'm happy to see a golden dragon appear. This reminds me of the divine dragon summoned by vampire slayer Ma Xiaoling in the HK drama series My Date with a Vampire. (Okay, I'll watch season 2 soon and write a quick review of it.)
So Emperor Armor Hero battles it out with the final boss--- actually 5 devils sealed but freed by the brainiac Ba Dou's drop of blood. The final boss was a gigantic but of course he had to lose, otherwise the ending would be tragic! (I call him the final boss because the fight scene reminds me a lot of those RPG fight scenes.)
And Emperor Armor Hero triumphs and saves the day. I LOVE dragons.
So the movie follows the plot of other well-known sentai and/or Rider series but here we see the incorporation of very Chinese elements we rarely see in Japanese sentai--- the dragon.
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