"Cain and Abel were brothers. Look how that turned out for them."
Watched this for fun on my birthday with my gf :3
There's a lot here, from the way Carmen relentless bullies and gaslights her younger brother Juni in the first half, to the appearance of a Kill Bill character as "Uncle Machete", to the (debatably titular) spy kids discovering their father has been turned into the younger son's drawing.
I really love that the family is Mexican, just…

PIERCE THE HEAVENS!!!
Seeing this movie in theaters as a grown adult, nine years after I fell in love with the anime at sixteen, was a spiritual experience for me. It didn't hurt that I was on 30mg of edibles and had dragged 4 of my besties along for my birthday, making it definitely my coolest birthday ever. I'm definitely writing this review as a long time fan of Gurren Lagann and my perspective on it's movie counterpart, rather than…