2023 Show
United States of America · English
A crime-packed adult animation on a smuggling operation under the guise of a cruise ship
In the sea of adult animation, Captain Fall floats in on a crime-packed cruise ship under the charge of the most unqualified man, Jonathan Fall. Although there are unsavory characters, the show never goes into the childish crass humor employed by many of its contemporaries. It also doesn’t shy away from grotesque violence and pokes fun at the dangerous and exploitative things rich people willingly pay for. It’s not all cynical though, as we mostly follow an earnest captain who just wants his parents’ love. Captain Fall is a watchable crime-comedy that balances out its cartoonish parts with the impending countdown to expose this crime ring.
A goofy, gullible sea captain is hired to helm a high-end cruise ship and becomes the perfect fall guy for an illicit smuggling operation.
A gullible yet good-hearted sea captain unwittingly finds himself smuggling goods for a terrible international cartel who's using him as a fall guy.
The show has no shortage of exorbitant and absurd requests from mostly faceless, wealthy clients. Monkey paws as ashtrays, "exotic natives" for a human zoo (a present from a man to his wife), African child soldiers, and so much (so much!) more. If anything, the elaborate missions are the most thorough part of the series. Do some stereotypes and caricatures come into play? Yes, but it doesn't separate the phenomena from the root causes - money, power, and exploitation.
Add "possible international smuggling operation" to the reasons you'll never catch me on a cruise.
Kerine Wint is a curator at A Good Movie to Watch. When she’s not absorbed in anime and weird docu-series, she reviews speculative fiction for Fiyah Lit Magazine or designs album covers and magazines. As for her film taste, One Cut of the Dead (2017), The Lure (2015), Inu-Oh (2021), and Dear Ex (2018) sum it up pretty well.
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