Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive and Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle

Story

Like most films of the Movie War series, the film is divided into three parts: Kamen Rider Gaim: Advance to the Last Stage (仮面ライダー鎧武 進撃のラストステージ, Kamen Raidā Gaimu Shingeki no Rasuto Sutēji), Kamen Rider Drive: The Challenge From Lupin (仮面ライダードライブ ルパンからの挑戦状, Kamen Raidā Doraibu Rupan kara no Chōsenjō) and Movie War Full Throttle (MOVIE大戦フルスロットル, Mūbī Taisen Furu Surottoru)

Kamen Rider Gaim: Advance to the Last Stage

The film begins in the planet where Kouta Kazuraba and Mai Takatsukasa settled after the events of Kamen Rider Gaim when a mechanical life form who introduces himself as Megahex kidnaps Mai and fights Kouta while obtaining data from his memories, which he uses to open a portal to Earth in order to attack it. Despite using the power of the Kiwami Arms, Kamen Rider Gaim is defeated and seemingly destroyed by Megahex over the skies of Zawame City before the astonished eyes of the other Beat Riders. Mitsuzane Kureshima, being the only Rider left with his Sengoku Driver, fights Megahex and his forces as Kamen Rider Ryugen, but is forced to flee when the enemy summons a cybernetically revived Ryoma Sengoku, as Kamen Rider Duke Dragonfruit Energy Arms, that overpowers and injures him, but not without taking with him one of the Drivers used by his army of artificial Kurokage Troopers.

As Mitsuzane is treated by the other Beat Riders, he has a vision of Mai asking for help in his dreams and upon awakening, they find one of the Helheim Vines from which Takatora Kureshima obtains a Melon Lockseed, combining it with the Driver obtained from his brother to become Kamen Rider Zangetsu once again. In the next day, the Kureshima brothers return to fight back, with Zangetsu confronting and defeating Duke while Ryugen fights through an army of artificial Roidmudes to rescue Mai. Once the three are reunited, Mitsuzane entrusts a Melon Energy Lockseed to Takatora who uses it to become Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin using the Genesis Driver he obtained from Ryoma's body. However, Megahex empowers itself with the Kiwami Lockseed he got from Kouta's body to fight them. Despite reclaiming the Lockseed, Mai and the Kureshima brothers are about to be killed by Megahex when a revived Kouta emerges from it. The three Riders then destroy Megahex with their power, just to find that it was only one of many copies of the real Megahex, whose core lies on the massive spaceship on the other side of the portal and watch helplessly as the copies spread.

Kamen Rider Drive: The Challenge From Lupin

The story then shifts back to some time before, as the police confronts a criminal known as "Phantom Thief Ultimate Lupin", Shinnosuke Tomari and his partner Kiriko Shijima arrive at the scene and discovering that the thief appears to be a Roidmude, Shinnosuke confronts the figure as Kamen Rider Drive, but fails to capture him. In the next day a letter arrives at the Special Investigations Division with a challenge from Lupin, claiming that he will steal a precious artifact while it is being escorted by the police. Shinnosuke joins the escort, but once again fails to prevent Lupin from escaping. Having a hint of the enemy's identity, Mr. Belt takes Shinnosuke to an abandoned mansion where they discover that Cyberoid ZZZ, an artificial Roidmude created by Krim is missing. Lupin then appears and reveals that is he Zoruku Tojo, an aged master criminal who came upon Cyberoid ZZZ by chance and transferred his mind into the anroid. Chase then arrives at the scene determined to destroy ZZZ, deeming him unfit as a Roidmude, but the enemy drives him away after transforming into Kamen Rider Lupin. Drive then fights Lupin just to be defeated as well and Mr. Belt sacrifices itself to protect Shinnosuke from a fatal blow, becoming inresponsive.

While being consoled by the Shift Cars, Shinnosuke has an idea and leaves in a rush. Some time later, a white-colored Kamen Rider appears at the Drive Pit in the middle of the night. In the next day, the Special Investigations Division receives another letter apparently sent from Lupin, but upon arriving at the place mentioned there, they are greeted by Shinnosuke, who reveals that he figured that at some moment Lupin switched places with Kiriko and is impersonating her since then. Lupin then reveals that the real Kiriko is held hostage somewhere else, and Shinnosuke must choose between chasing after him or rescuing his partner. Shinnosuke decides to chase after Lupin instead, and while Tridoron rescues Kiriko, Shinnosuke regains the ability to transform into Kamen Rider Drive once Mr. Belt awakens. Assisted by Kiriko and Tridoron, and with an unexpected help from Masshin Chaser, Drive defeats Lupin with Zoruku's consciousness ejected from Cyberoid ZZZ. But as Mashin Chaser departs with the white Kamen Rider following him, Cyberoid ZZZ is absorbed by one of the Megahex copies. The Megahex transforms into ZZZ Megahex as Shinnosuke chases after him.

Movie War Full Throttle

After the Megahex copies emerge, Gaim, Ryugen and Zangetsu Shin confront an army of artificially created Inves and Roidmudes when Drive arrives to assist them. In response, ZZZ Megahex creates an artificial copy of Kaito Kumon to fight for him. But the Kaito copy rebels against him instead and Kamen Rider Baron. The Roidmudes Heart, Brain and Mashin Chaser also arrive to fight Megahex as well, discontent at him for stealing Roidmude technology. Leaving the enemy force to the others, Drive and Gaim fight ZZZ Megahex together, but the enemy regenerates upon taking their attacks, until Mai arrives and gives them the idea of combining their powers, producing the Shift Fruits Car and the Drive Lockseed, allowing the two Riders to use each other's powers and destroy ZZZ Megahex. However, ZZZ's core remains intact and is sent to the Megahex mothership, prompting the two Riders to chase after it on an empowered Tridoron, which they use to reach the nucleus of the ship on the orbit of Jupiter and destroy it, ending Megahex for good with his artificial creations, Baron included, ceasing to exist. After the battle, Kouta and Mai are about to return to their planet when they are approached by their friends, who appear to give them a proper farewell. Meanwhile, Shinnosuke learns that Zoruku's conscious has taken residence in a Bat Viral Core as Zoruku briefly appears before the detective with the promise that they will meet again.

Cast

Theme song

Mitsuru Matsuoka, lead vocalist of Sophia, performs the film's theme song with the special band or the series　Mitsuru Matsuoka EARNEST DRIVE. The song was included as the B-side to the Kamen Rider Drive television series theme song single "Surprise-Drive".

Type Zero

The first million ticket buyers will also receive a special DVD featuring a prequel episode to the Kamen Rider Drive series, titled Type Zero Episode 0: Countdown to Global Freeze (type ZERO 第0話 カウントダウン to グローバルフリーズ, Taipu Zero Dai-zero-wa Kauntodaun to Gurōbaru Furīzu).

Reception

The film earned ¥204,536,600 at the Japanese box office on its first weekend.