DVD : The Sky Crawlers [Blu-ray]

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The Sky Crawlers [Blu-ray]
starring: Rinko Kikuchi, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shosuke Tanihara, Bryce Hitchcock, Ryo Kase
directed by: Mamoru Oshii

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/26/2009 Run time: 121 minutes Rating: Pg13

Amazon.com:
Mamoru Oshii's The Sky Crawlers (2008) plays like a mixture of Top Gun and Serial Experiments Lain. Although teenage fighter pilot Yuichi lacks Tom Cruise's good looks, he's the ace of his unit at the Rostock Corporation, performing elaborate maneuvers and bringing down enemy planes. Yuichi and his fellow pilots are mysterious beings known as "Kildren:" they never age, but remain teenagers their entire lives. When commander Suito learns that the Kildren are products of a mysterious genetic experiment, she begins to suspect that she and the pilots are used, discarded, and replaced, like so many spare parts. Yuichi doesn't just resemble Jinroh, the former pilot of his plane (and Suito's lover); he's the reincarnation of Jinroh. These revelations would pack more punch if the characters weren't such nonentities. Yuichi and the other pilots express so little emotion, they make Keanu Reeves seem like a dynamic presence. Oshii uses computer animation for the elaborate aerial dogfights, although the realistically rendered, three-dimensional aircraft never mesh with the flat, two-dimensional characters. Sky Crawlers had a decidedly mixed reaction in Japan, and its limited theatrical release in the U.S. failed to generate much excitement. It's a disappointing effort from the creator of the watershed Ghost in the Shell. (Rated PG-13: Violence, sexual situations, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon

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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396307520
Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: EnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledSpanishSubtitledJapaneseOriginal LanguageEnglishDubbedSpanishDubbed
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: 30752
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Running Time: 122 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures

Customer Reviews

Beautiful, if a little strange

I love animation, and Sky Crawlers is another good addition to my collection. My only problem with it was that the parameters of the world were never explained. It takes place in, what looks like Italy, with an American diner down the street, and Japanese people being at the air base. The characters, I think, fight for the entertainment of the rest of the world? It's a little confusing. The relationships between the characters, who they are, and where they come from is explained completely. ... Read More

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