
To be fair, it would have been okay if it worked. Right from the opening act, it doesn't follow the plot of manga. The film focuses on a group of youngster trying to fend off Titans with Spider-Man cosplay tool. Humanity has a grim reminder that they live in fear of Titans, or so the opening says. Its biggest strength is the gore, it's a viable action with a lick of horror when it gets momentum. This would be acceptable if the new plot follows the same core, far from that the characters and world here feel inferior, they are almost unrecognizable if not for the cosmetic.

Film studio usually takes liberty on interpreting a live action, but Shingeki no Kyojin strays so much it doesn't even resembles the original story.
