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Metropolis (Dol) [VHS]
starring: Toshio Furukawa, Scott Weinger, Yuka Imoto, Kei Kobayashi, Kouki Okada
directed by: Rintaro

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Adapted from Osamu Tezuka's 1949 manga, Metropolis (in Japanese with English subtitles) is an opulently beautiful film that fails to present a coherent story worthy of its extraordinary visuals. Evil Duke Red (voice by Taro Ishida) plans to rule the world from Ziggurat, his newly completed art deco tower. A new robot is being developed by his henchman Dr. Laughton (Junpei Takeguchi) to control all the machines in the world from Ziggurat. Japanese detective Shunsaku Ban (Kousei Tomita) and his nephew Kenichi (Kei Kobayashi) arrive in Metropolis in pursuit of Laughton and are plunged into Red's plot. When the duke's maniacal adopted son Rock (Kohki Okada) attacks Laughton's hidden lab, Kenichi and the waiflike android Tima (Yuka Imoto) flee into the city's subterranean slums and fall in love. Despite a protracted series of chases and violent shootouts, there's little excitement and less character development. Director Rintaro (Hayashi Shigeyuki) borrows heavily from Fritz Lang's 1926 Metropolis, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, and Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira, but his staging makes much of the action hard to follow. The film takes an unintentionally hilarious turn when Ziggurat crumbles to Ray Charles's "I Can't Stop Loving You." The computer-generated skyscrapers, machines, and airships offer dazzling vistas of an overscaled and sinister deco-dystopia. But Tezuka's flat little characters, with their big eyes, round noses, and bubble-shaped feet, don't fit into that realistic three-dimensional environment. MPAA rating: PG. Contains considerable violence and grotesque imagery. --Charles Solomon

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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767886017
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 0767886011
Label: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Languages: EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal LanguageFrenchOriginal LanguageGermanOriginal LanguageItalianOriginal LanguageJapaneseOriginal LanguageRussianOriginal LanguageSpanishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Release Date: September 24, 2002
Running Time: 108 minutes
Studio: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: January 25, 2002

Customer Reviews

Lacks a Clear Direction

Metropolis looks promising and exciting. I had the completely false notion before watching it that it was along the lines of Akira and Ghost in the Shell. It's considerably more cartoony than that, and yet it never seems to harbour any clear style, going from Astroboy cuteness to full-on anime. I don't think it's the masterpiece it has largely been hyped at, but it's far from a bad film either. It's definitely watchable and enjoyable, but it lacks a right-on identity. It tries to be a lot of things ... Read More

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