Anime: Dirty Pair: Bouryaku no 005-bin

Did the scriptwriter die at the 20th minute of the movie, or the 30th?

The Dirty Pair movie isn't that bad as above tagline would seem. It has some decent plot which is focused on some conspiracy, but due to the horrible dialogues and the events happening, it ended up quite not-so-good. Dirty Pair tries to appeal to adults who like action, action, some silly comedy and some female skin. It works quite well, except for the fact that the side characters can be annoying.

Animation: It's old! Yet, it still holds plenty of action, blood and skimpy outfits.

This has been made in 1990, so it looks old. What does surprise me is that there are little to none reused frames, or at least I didn't notice them (and I usually notice them pretty easily). Either the show masked it really good, or I seemed to have gotten distracted enough not to notice (which basically boils down to it masking it really good too, actually).

The particular character design is somewhat different from usual, but especially the particular style of the nose was something I noticed and got distracted by pretty often. Note that the outfits of the girls are already quite skimpy by itself and could be looked upon as distracting as well.

Seeing this anime is not supposed to be viewed by young watchers, they don't hold back on the action, violence and blood either. You have to be prepared to see gunshots causing blood, holes with blood and such things.

Sound: Only decent voiceactors.

The voices are decently done, with the exception of Kei, who feels like she has more substance than the rest. But perhaps that's because she also is more expressive. I have to say that Yuri has a voice which sounds sometimes a tad too sweet for her role, but it'll do.
The other supporting roles sound often a bit wrong, when they have been predetermined as silly role, or when they are just not cutting it. The appearance of cheesy sounding lines also don't help in creating realistic characters and this happens pretty often, resulting in cheesy voices as well because it just needs to be funny.

Characters: Flatter than the breasts of the protagonists.

Kei and Yuri are the only two characters who seem to have a little substance, but then again, they are also the only ones in the show which get some decent screentime. There are some other characters who get screentime, but especially that one guy feels like he gets introduced only because they need someone to introduce because otherwise they end up with only the two protagonists - again.
Don't expect any character development, although there is one sad scene which isn't sad because it has been done so damn cheesy and faked.

Story: As long as it doesn't get pretentions, it works well.

The story is pretty decent, since they start off with the conspiracy and it sticks mostly to that. It works well as long as they focus on the conspiracy and the little bit of funny jokes along the line, but as soon as they start introducing the cool characters or the rescue mission, things get bad because it seems like the storywriter disappeared. Suddenly there are some cheesy and/or bad dialogues appearing and the story just doesn't work anymore. The plot focuses on the action, which is displayed better than the conspirary thing - but it just doesn't seem to be interesting anymore.

Value & Enjoyment: A genre by itself.

Dirty Pair is a genre by itself and it's something you either like, don't care about, or just flat out hate. I found myself in the second category, which means that it all passed by without me really getting anything excited or sleepy. I didn't care much for the skimpy outfits since I didn't particularly liked the girls, I didn't care much for the action because … well, I don't know. I never had anything with space action combined with silly comedy - and this one added that silly comedy a bit too often when it shouldn't.