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Tekkonkinkreet

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Two brothers wage an ongoing battle to protect their decaying city from villains.

Critics Reviews

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Manohla Dargis New York Times In the anime Tekkonkinkreet, two orphans of life's storms sail through the air like birds, like superheroes, like Jackie Chan. Rated: 3.5/5 Jul 13, 2007 Full Review Eric Kohn New York Press Borrowing in equal measures from innocuous child fantasies and Street Fighter, the colorfully imaginative world of Tekkonkinkreet has its fair share of marvels. Jul 13, 2007 Full Review Lou Lumenick New York Post Somewhat resembles Paprika, another recent piece of Japanimation. But director Michael Arias, a Tokyo-based American, doesn't fuse his striking graphics to a story anywhere near as satisfying. Rated: 2/4 Jul 13, 2007 Full Review Diana Tuova Spotlight on Film Grim realism collides with childhood innocence in a striking, kaleidoscopic artwork. Rated: 4.5/5 Jul 18, 2024 Full Review Chase Burns The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Despite the town's meanness, it's as playful as the film's orphans... Jan 20, 2022 Full Review Tim Brayton Alternate Ending One of the most wholeheartedly and joyfully abnormal animated features of the 2000s. Rated: 4.5/5 Jun 24, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Funny, original, & romantic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Containing a brief scene of male nudity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member It was a fantastic movie. The part of being a kid and growing up Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Unique style and great story. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Brilliant backdrop and world building with gorgeous use of color. But the story is really weak. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member A sublime work from Arias and the 4* C studio. Stylistically underplayed, the animation lulls the viewer into a false sense of simplicity that is blown away by the film's ending. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review nefasto r I really licked the drawings and the atmosphere, but as it happened to me before with Japanese animation, I found the script confusing. I don't ask for a Disney story, but what was this? I am confused. I think was about friendship, gentrification, good and evil. I have to add that I am not a big fun of Aime, so in order to like one, have to be pretty amazing ("Ghost in the shell" amazing, to be clear) Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Two brothers wage an ongoing battle to protect their decaying city from villains.
Director
Michael Arias
Screenwriter
Anthony Weintraub
Production Co
Asmik Ace Entertainment
Rating
R (Violent and Disturbing Images|Brief Sexuality)
Genre
Action, Anime
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 28, 2015
Runtime
1h 51m