It puts you in a chase and never lets you catch your breath. Kisaragi doesn't get a hero's arc, he gets a body he didn't ask for and three factions closing in at once: vampires who want Tokyo, an immortal order of Knights, and Yakuza who just want somebody to bleed for their dead boss. His whole thesis fits in one line. "I might not have any reason to live, but that's no reason to let them kill me." That's not a motto, that's a man too stubborn to die on someone else's schedule, and the fight choreography treats his cyborg frame and his weaponized blood as tools of escape rather than power fantasy. Polygon Pictures' CG does what it does best here, weight and impact over prettiness, bodies that actually land when they hit concrete. Ninety-odd minutes of a guy running out of options and refusing to run out of spite.

Human experimentation has turned Kisaragi into a cyborg, and now several organizations are after him. One is a coven of undying vampires set on conquering Tokyo. Another is an immortal order of Knights. The third is a Yakuza group that has sworn revenge for the killing of its leader. Kisaragi admits he may have no reason to keep living, but he has no intention of letting any of them kill him. To get away, he relies on his cyborg body, his unusual blood and whatever else he can find. The result is a supernatural action drama built around one desperate escape.