Kekko Kamen: Surprise is the fourth and final entry in the early ‘00s reboot of Go Nagai’s naked crimefighter series. This one revolves around a sexy secret agent who goes undercover at a music school to stop the nefarious teachers from wreaking havoc on the students. Naturally, she isn’t up to the task, and Kekko Kamen must step in to save the day.
As you might expect, the stuff that doesn’t involve Kekko Kamen crimefighting in the nude is a bit of a mixed bag. I’m not sure why the filmmakers relied on the secondary heroine, as Kekko is more than capable of carrying the movie on her own. At least the sexy secret agent gets one memorable scene where she teaches the students how to make music from farts.
Even when Kekko Kamen is front and center, it’s still a bit uneven. The various nude fight scenes aren’t much to write home about and are often poorly choreographed and/or way too brief to make much of an impact. However, I did like the scene where she lured out the pervert professors by doing a sexy dance number from behind a curtain. Her impromptu rock n’ roll version of the Kekko Kamen theme song during the finale is also quite memorable.
There are also occasional highlights during the long, Kekko-less stretches, and the professors themselves are kind of amusing in small doses. The bald headmaster is kind of standard issue as he has a metal claw and plays his students like instruments. His assistant is pretty funny though. He dresses up like Mozart and has students beaten whenever they chew gum in class. The funniest part comes when he farts Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony in the middle of the cafeteria. You don’t see (or hear) that every day.
The rest of the humor is kind of weak though. The constant use of the themes from Jaws and Mission: Impossible wear out their welcome rather fast. I know the movie takes place in a music school, but the joke ultimately falls flat (no pun intended).
AKA: Mask of Kekko: Surprise.
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