Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)

The second film (of four) in the Rebuild of Evangelion series covers ep 7-19! Quite a task. It has the obligatory combat scenes, Angels attacking the city, giant Eva, big-ass guns and explosions, etc, but more importantly it attempts to make up for the lack of characterisation in the first film and it succeeds. The deep and introspective character studies are handled almost as well as Anno did in the TV series but in a much shorter time.
There's a surprise or two thrown in to keep old fans on the alert.
And the ending… oh my!

4½ fish and wings out of 5