Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Toshio Furukawa | ... | Asuma (voice) | |
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David Jarvis | ... | Asuma (1995) (voice) |
Doug Erholtz | ... | Asuma (2006) (voice) | |
Mîna Tominaga | ... | Noa (voice) | |
Briony Glassco | ... | Noa (1995) (voice) | |
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Julie Ann Taylor | ... | Noa (2006) (voice) |
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Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi | ... | Gotoh (voice) |
Peter Marinker | ... | Gotoh (1995) (voice) | |
Roger Craig Smith | ... | Gotoh (2006) (voice) (as Roger C. Smith) | |
Yoshiko Sakakibara | ... | Nagumo (voice) | |
Sharon Holm | ... | Nagumo (1995) (voice) | |
Megan Hollingshead | ... | Nagumo (2006) (voice) (as Karen Thompson) | |
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Yô Inoue | ... | Clancy (voice) |
Tamsin Hollo | ... | Clancy (1995) (voice) | |
Lisa Enochs | ... | Clancy (2006) (voice) |
A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo. Step by step, the police find themselves tangled up by the web of a perfect crime which awaits the approaching Typhoon to activate thousands of virus affected robots. As time runs out, Asuma and his team must complete a task that is doomed to be a failure before the Typhoon lands Tokyo. Written by Tzung-I Lin <tzung@hugo.att.com>
While I was only about 12 when I first saw this movie, I think it is fair to say that I initially enjoyed the ending scenes (aboard the Ark)due to the labour action- and because of this, I wasn't quite as keen on the second one.
It's a film that hits on many levels- younger audiences will enjoy it for the robots, while more mature viewers will become wrapped up in the cunning, socio-political plot with more twists and turns then a labour wiring diagram.
Make of it what you will, everyone will see something differet but either way, its 100 minutes well spent.