2001 · action · adventure · animation
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi1h 46m2001
Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within.
Our read: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) reads as a neutral, breathless, surreal action · adventure · animation entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme action / adventure, surreal in texture. Redemptive, epic, measured.
- kinetic
- extreme
- surreal
- redemptive
- epic-stakes
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