2001 · science fiction · dystopia · adventure
Metropolis
Directed by Rintaro1h 47m2001
In the midst of societal conflict in the futuristic city of Metropolis, Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban set out to uncover the mystery behind the first human-like robot, Tima.
Our read: Metropolis (2001) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive science fiction · dystopia · adventure entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured science fiction / dystopia, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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