Kite

My interest about this title piqued when it was on the cover of Animerica, and the accompanying article made it sound really cool, so I made it one of my little goals to find a copy of Kite. I did, and I finally saw it two days ago.

It's probably the best anime I've seen since I first encountered Ghost In The Shell two years ago. Yes, it deserves to be mentioned in that sentence. The animation is breathtaking, especially the action sequences. The unbelivable action sequences.

The plot is pretty much the same as The Professional or La Femme Nikita. But it takes it in a totally different direction. And it's great. It does more in it's forty-five minute running time than most movies do in two hours. All that and a totally unexpected and left-field ending that, without killing the main character, leaves a sequel impossible.

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Michael Keegan
8.5.1999