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Mood:
- SuspensefulExcitingAtmosphericBleakStylized
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Plot:
- Androids and RobotsSave the DayChaos and MayhemDangerImaginaryYouthChaosUncover Truth more...
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Genres:
- AnimationSci-FiForeignFuturisticAnimeAdventure
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Time/Period:
- Future
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Place:
- Urban
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Based on:
- Based on Comics
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Attitudes:
- SeriousFantastic
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Flag:
- Mild Violent Content
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Metropolis, 2001
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Russian
Japan
Profile of Metropolis
Metropolis can be described as exciting, suspenseful, and bleak. The plot revolves around androids and robots, chaos and mayhem, and saving the day. The main genres are foreign, animation, and sci-fi. In terms of style, Metropolis anime and is futuristic. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. It is set, at least in part, in an urban environment. Metropolis is adapted from a comic. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed. Note that it involves mild violent content.
Summary of Metropolis
This animated Japanese film from Rintaro (X) and Katsuhiro Otomo (AKIRA), based on the 1949 manga by Osamu Tezuka, takes place in the futuristic city of Metropolis. A struggle between the robots and the human population of the city, who once coexisted peacefully, has now exploded into a violent revolution. An investigation conducted by private detective Shunsaku Ban and his nephew Kenichi leads to an outlaw scientist named Dr. Laughton. The scientist was hired by the ruler of Metropolis, Duke Red, to create a superhuman robot-girl, Tima, to succeed him as the next ruler of Metropolis. However, Duke Red's jealous bastard son, the Rock of Marduk, cannot stand the idea of a robot taking the throne and he sets out to destroy Tima. What ensues is a frantic race as Kenichi and Tima flee the Rock through the underground tunnels, dilapidated alleys, and skyscraping towers (called the Ziggurat) of Metropolis, aided by a nurturing trash-collecting robot, Fifi.
Combining classic cartoon drawing with modern computer animation techniques, METROPOLIS plays on the sharp contrast between flat, round characters, and deep, undulating, digital backgrounds. A blimp-submarine vessel roves through Metropolis, sometimes propelled through a watery medium, other times gliding on a monorail or floating through mid-air. The detail of the city's decor is breathtaking, from the moldings and colorful facades of the momentous buildings to the shiny marble floors and leather furnishings of some of the city's sleek interiors. A New Orleans jazz soundtrack adds an element of playful mystique to the film, though the blaring rendition of "I Can't Stop Loving You" that plays as the towers come crashing to the ground in the hellish apocalyptic finale only enhances the shocking, warlike chill that permeates the film.
Details
| Language: | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Russian |
| Country: | Japan |
| Release date: | 25 January 2002 |
| Runtime: | 108 min |
Cast and Crew
as Tima
as Kenichi
as Rock
as Duke Red
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Critics Reviews
Chicago Tribune
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- by: Michael Wilmington
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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- by: Liam Lacey
Users Reviews
- 12.October.2009
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- by: Daniel Valdez
- Daniel Valdez rated this movie
10/10Must See
- 21.March.2009
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- by: Carlos Mal
- Carlos Mal rated this movie
4/10Disappointing
