Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive - Scherzo of Deep Night

Humorless and clunky, for much of Scherzo you'll be desperately hoping for a full-on Leeroy Jenkins moment, just to alleviate the tedium.

Perhaps this works for gamers, or within the context of the larger Sword Art Online mythos, but it seems a painfully rote instalment – a bit like being stuck watching a particularly garrulous and boring YouTube gamer.

Given that it’s made seemingly exclusively for those of us who are invested in this story, its strange character alterations and sometimes rote story may leave some devoted followers feeling a bit disillusioned.

The film is actually quite interesting, and I liked it better than the series.

Audiences get an original though predictable story that does little more than occupy 101 minutes.

Scherzo of Deep Night is not a bad movie by any means but it probably isn't a movie for anyone other than Sword Art Online fans. Excellent animation and music are bogged down by predictable and wrought-out story beats.

Visually stunning, but often bland with a weak narrative and lackluster action.

Sword Art Online -Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night is a pleasant sequel that fixes some of the issues with the original series while providing enjoyable action scenes and lighter character moments

With warring guilds and agents of chaos, it's basically all shades of human interaction on the internet, but a lot more fun to watch.