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The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky (2018) poster

2018 · action · adventure · fantasy

The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky

Directed by Noriyuki Abe, Yasuto Nishikata1h 39m2018

Traveling in search of the rare ingredient, “sky fish” Meliodas and Hawk arrive at a palace that floats above the clouds. The people there are busy preparing a ceremony, meant to protect their home from a ferocious beast that awakens once every 3,000 years. But before the ritual is complete, the Six Knights of Black—a Demon Clan army—removes the seal on the beast, threatening the lives of everyone in the Sky Palace.

Our read: The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky (2018) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive action · adventure · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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Neutral, breathless, measured action / adventure, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.

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How The Seven Deadly Sins feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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