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| Characters: |
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| Story: |
A+ |
| Animation: |
A |
| Dub / Sub: |
C+
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| Music: |
A- |
| Reviewer's Tilt: |
A |
| Penalty: |
C |
| Total: |
B+ |
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| Version(s) Seen: English
Dubbed |
| Category / Genre: Cyborg,
Police, Action |
| Year: 1997 (Japan) / 1997 (US) |
| Age Suitability: 15+ (Violence, Brief Nudity,
Adult Situations) |
| Date Reviewed: Wednesday, September 3, 2003 |
Overview: (VHS
Back)
2179:
Mars has been colonized by Earth, populated by humans and 'Second Types'
robots - robots designed to perform the menial tasks humans won't do. Then
there are the 'Third Types' - illegal humanoid robots designed by a nationalist
force to look and behave exactly like humans - living undetected among
the Martian population as citizens, until one man, D'anclaude, declares
war on the 'Thirds,' starting a massacre in a vow to destroy them all.
That's
where she comes in.
She's
Naomi Armitage. A cyber-punk Martian cop in hot pants, with an attitude
as deadly as her gun. She's also a 'Third", and her fight against D'anclaude
is a fight for her survival. Her partner, Ross Sylibus, lost his partner
at the hands of a cybernetic killer and hates robots.
Ross must
face this prejudice when he is injured and received cybernetic limb replacements,
bringing him closer to becoming one of the monsters he abhors. He begins
to realize that being human is more then just flesh and blood and joins
Armitage in her fight against D'anclaude and her quest to discover the
mystery of why the 'Third Type' was created. Armitage and Ross are brought
together in a bond of love and hope as their journey uncovers a secret
that could destroy two worlds!
This is
a story about technology and emotion. About hatred and love. About a human
on the verge of becoming a machine and a machine on the verge of becoming
a human. |
Review:
What a
good movie...I was pleasantly surpassed. Mainly when you see the
main female character dresses like....the way she is you tend think those
closes will come off a lot, thankfully they didn't. Put a t-shirt
on over the bra and get rid of the straps on the shorts and she would look
150% cooler, but that's just me.
Anyway on with the story, but first the dubbing. When you dub anime
for american release you usually get people who do voiceovers professionally,
so when I see names of movie stars on the from I have the felling of "this
is gonna suck". This time I was half wrong Kiefer Sutherland does
a very good job as Ross Sylibus, although none to distinctive I've hear
this type of voice several times from different actors, however Elizabeth
Berkley (who peaked in Saved by the Bell) does a voice no different than
here own, which for someone like Naomi Armitage just doesn't fit at all.
I would have preferred maybe Lisa Ortiz or Wendee Lee.
Back to the story, an overall excellent mix of the classic humanoid robot
in a human world with a mix of interplanetary politics. Nothing overly
new, but well crafted and thought out.
A definite must see. |
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