this movie be definitely script with ff vii fan only in mind . i be someone who have never play the original game and watch it with a friend who be a series fan . from a visual and technical standpoint this movie be just as good a the spirit within and if not well and but from a story standpoint and i be pretty lose . one major plot weakness that stand out to me be the scene where all of the child die of geostigma be bring to the heal reunion by the three jenovites . all tell there be about 15 kid in all . hmmmm . i think that this geostigma be an illness of pandemic proportion . i understand why they do it that way ( time and budget and cpu ) and but it just seem cheesy after all the explanation about how the bad guy need to collect all of those who have jenova cell so that jenova could be reincarnate . the subtitle version that we have ( some fan sub from the internet ) be a pretty direct translation and therefore probably add to my confusion . it do prick my interest in ff vii however and and i spend a few hour on the ff vii wiki read about the main character and the plot . once i read the advent child wiki and thing make a lot more sense . if you be a video game or sci fi fan this movie be a pretty good flick and but like a previous review say and it come off like a 90 minute fight scene . you never really get to know any of the character and and the story do just seem to jump from scene to scene without much explanation and even though some explanation just might be require . thank goodness for wikpedia .