![]() As someone unfamiliar with the comic book series on which the film was based, I was hoping for a little more back story or at least a little more information about the characters and their motivations. First, the story and dialogue are particularly weak and unoriginal. The oddly named Appleseed Alpha is essentially a series of action sequences punctuated by bland dialogue and weak attempts at character development. And I am still waiting for 3D animation to make me feel like a good anime does. I think the fact that the character I connected most with was the thug, rather than the various heroes and villains, says it all. ![]() Animation was decent, but not great, the story simple and the characters formulaic and hard to empathize with. This one will probably be forgotten by the time I save this review. They did a good job, but I think the physics looked off for most of the time: nothing gets destroyed unless it explodes, the cars are moving in weird ways and the hand to hand combat is clumsy.īottom line: as vaguely as I remember the 1984 Appleseed anime, I remember seeing it. All the henchmen look alike, for example. The animation is decent, considering it is 3D CGI in its entirety, but when you think about it, they worked with about 10 body models. Instead the entire flow of the movie is centered around fighting. The end of the world theme, the political or social commentary usual in Masamune Shirow's work, they are all downplayed, almost not existent. They meet a mysterious girl and her cyborg protector and decide to help them out in their mission against some psychopathic bad guys. The story follows two former soldiers that are now working as mercenaries for a thug. ![]() The Third World War came and went, leaving the entire planet in chaos. I remember little from the Appleseed anime that I saw when I was younger so this is basically me commenting on this movie as standalone. ![]()
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