Gory, emotional, and morally complex, this visually stunning take on a timeless story delivers both spectacle and substance in equal measure.
Gory, emotional, and morally complex, this visually stunning take on a timeless story delivers both spectacle and substance in equal measure.
The type of film that proves animation isn’t just for kids, and it’s certainly not a throwaway medium that deserves to be dismissed. It’s an action-packed, visually dazzling, frentic, and outrageously fun piece of cinema.
Villeneuve set out to make a sci-fi spectacle on an enormous scale, and he succeeds.
Low-brow toilet humor and mindless filler makes this another manufactured babysitter from the animation factory.
This intense drama has all the expected hallmarks of a Schrader film, but feels disappointing, pointless, and routine.
For every gasp-inducing jolt and hold-for-tears touching moment, a sense of betrayal almost always follows.