Ekusu makina (2007)

With Brialeos convalescing after a mission, Deunan is assigned a new and remarkably familiar partner as a strange wave of terrorist attacks plague Olympus.

Director:

Shinji Aramaki

Writers:

Masamune Shirow (characters), Kiyoto Takeuchi (screenplay),

Stars:

Ai Kobayashi, Kôichi Yamadera, Yûji Kishi

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ai Kobayashi	...	Deunan Knute (voice)
Kôichi Yamadera	...	Brialeos Hecatombcales (voice)
Yûji Kishi	...	Tereus (voice)
Kong Kuwata	...	Aeacus (voice)
Shinpachi Tsuji	...	Commander Lance (voice)
Gara Takashima	...	Athena (voice)
Rei Igarashi	...	Nike (voice)
Rica Fukami	...	Yoshino (voice)
Takaya Hashi	...	Dr. Kestner (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro	...	Hitomi (voice)
Yasuyuki Kase	...	Yoshitsune (voice)
Takaya Kuroda	...	Arges (voice)
Naoko Kouda	...	Dr. Xander (voice)
Atsushi Imaruoka	...	(voice)
Ken Yamaguchi	...	(voice)

Storyline

When a paramilitary task force called E.S.W.A.T. and its operations in the year 2133 Olympus, a futuristic utopia where humans, cyborgs, and bio-engineered human beings called "Bioroids" are attempting to live in perfect harmony. However, a series of random terrorist attacks perpetrated by cyborgs and humans alike threaten to throw Olympus into total chaos. As it turns out, these humans and machines have come under the influence of an unknown electronic signal that hacks into their nervous systems and they then become the unwilling servants of a malevolent computerized entity. Thrown into the action is the plucky female E.S.W.A.T. warrior Deunan Knute and her cyborg lover/partner Briareos as they investigate these bizarre occurrences with the other members of their unit. Things become complicated when a bioroid named Tereus, who resembles Briareous in his human form, joins their unit and threatens to come between their relationship. But these three must put aside their differences to ...

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Plot Keywords:

cyborg | futuristic | clone | computer animation | anime | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for action/violence and brief strong language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [jp]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

20 October 2007 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Appleseed Ex Machina

Company Credits

Production Co:

Digital Frontier, Ex Machina Film Partners, Micott & Basara K.K.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min 103 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Appurushîdo (1988)

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Soundtracks

"Rescue"
Performed by Ryûichi Sakamoto & Haruomi Hosono & Yukihiro Takahashi
Courtesy of commmons/Avex Records

User Reviews

Great flick, but...

On its own singular merit, ExMachina should get a solid 10, however, its target audience has lots of exposure to anime and cgi films. When held up to movies like Akira, The Incredibles and others, ExMachina excels exceptionally at action scenes and choreography, but lacks the grandiose semi-philosophical structure from Akira, and the emotional realistic impact from The Incredibles. Its not wrong to expect such qualities to be standard in a production that clearly had a lot of care and thought devoted to it. ExMachina hardly suffers from this too much, and is actually quite an impressive action movie that delivers some exceedingly thrilling scenes that aren't easily forgotten. The characters are fun, interesting and memorable and are quite unique which is one of Appleseed's biggest strengths. (even the manga)

ExMachina is produced and influenced by John Woo, but stop praising him so much for this! He didn't write or direct ExMachina, stop giving him undue credit. SERIOUSLY. Its NOT a "John Woo" film. Furthermore, ignore the pretentious slobbering half informed fanboys who blindly review ExMachina with less than half of their facts correct... they irritate me beyond belief.

Finally, Appleseed ExMachina is a top quality sci-fi adventure that can be judged independent of its impressive use of CGI. It will 'wow' you. Absolutely recommended.