Lupin treats a crossover with James Bond like a playground fight between two different brands of chaos, and it never blinks. The absurdity lands because the movie knows exactly what it is: a heist that doesn't care if you follow the plot as long as you're laughing at Lupin's face when something explodes. Diana's storyline eats too much screen time and shoulderchecks the actual gang, but when Lupin, Jigen, and Fujiko are allowed to breathe, they move like they've been stealing treasure together for decades because they have.
Lupin's after an old legend: three lost statues that must be gathered to reach the treasure hidden by Harimao, a thief from the World War II era, a fortune said to be worth billions. His first plan is to swindle Sir Archer, an aging, retired double-O agent of MI-6, into revealing where the stash lies. Archer joins the hunt himself, and a sinister, Nazi-like group called Neo-Himmel moves on the statues too. Lupin reluctantly teams up with his would-be mark and Archer's granddaughter Diana to find the pieces first, while Zenigata is once again chasing the gang. The special mixes adventure with Lupin's familiar comedy.
