Kaydara (2011)

This story takes place in the universe of the Wachowski brothers' film 'The Matrix'. Kaydara, a bounty hunter who is living separately from the Human Resistance Group, does not believe in ... See full summary »

Directors:

Raphaël Hernandez, Savitri Joly-Gonfard

Writers:

Raphaël Hernandez, Florence Rodriguez (translation),

Stars:

Alexandre Rodriguez, Savitri Joly-Gonfard, Guillaume Bouvet

Cast

Credited cast:
Alexandre Rodriguez	...	Kaydara
Savitri Joly-Gonfard	...	Iad
Guillaume Bouvet	...	the One
Guy Corpataux	...	Dante
Florence Rodriguez	...	Virus woman
Daniel Terrier	...	Agent 1
Michel Herrero	...	Agent 2
Béatrice Ligné	...	June
Claude Chira	...	Steal
Joseph Bonnardel	...	Gunner
Claire-Laurie Marchand	...	Prostitute 1
Coraline Marchand	...	Prostitute 2
Caroline Ricavy	...	Little girl
Vincent Ricavy	...	Fifou
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dominique Gonfard	...	June (voice)

Storyline

This story takes place in the universe of the Wachowski brothers' film 'The Matrix'. Kaydara, a bounty hunter who is living separately from the Human Resistance Group, does not believe in the prophecy of the 'chosen one' . He thinks this 'saviour' is a threat to the awakening of Man's self-awareness. He considers the 'chosen one' as his enemy and if they cross paths, will not hesitate to confront him.

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Plot Keywords:

matrix | brother | one word title | rescue | building collapse | 

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

France

Language:

English

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

55 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

The bird from the Ratrix Hero segment flies around the Thanks credits.

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Connections

References The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

User Reviews

Hard work...doesn't equal success

This was my post on the message boards, but there were no reviews here, so here it is: Prior to seeing it, I assumed it might be a student film.

But, it looks, sounds, and feels....not, like a student film, but rather, a very well funded student film.

Tons of CGI, with student-grade acting and cinematography.

The beginning was the only interesting part, in which you have what appears to be claymation mixed with traditional CGI. Not knowing any live action was going to follow, I assumed the whole thing was going to be this unusual blend of old and new animation. Sadly, it only lasted a few minutes.

The rest, is a sad sad reminder of how common sense always takes a backseat to hope and enthusiasm (and shameless emulation). This will be forgotten before it's even had a chance to be seen, and clearly there were thousands of man-hours put into it. Makes you wonder how much better individuals like these might have done had they put those same hours into a different, more original, more organic, and infinitely less complicated project which might have stood a chance. History is filled with these, and there will be more of them in just a few milliseconds.

Years later they might ask themselves what could have been, had they taken the path less traveled.

This specific path, is pretty worn and beat up.

For effort, you must give them respect, it was obviously a difficult project. A pity that working harder isn't as efficient a road to success as working smarter. But if it were, every hyper-tenacious and tireless film maker would be ridiculously successful.

Kids, learn from this.