STEAMBOY
A film review by Steve Rhodes
Copyright 2005 Steve Rhodes
RATING (0 TO ****): ** 1/2
STEAMBOY, an action adventure anime from Japanese master Katsuhiro Ôtomo,
has
as many explosions as a Jerry Bruckheimer production. Exquisitely drawn,
the
science fiction tale is set in London in 1866 as the famous London
Exhibition
is just about to open.
A boy named Ray Steam (voiced by Anna Paquin) is given the assignment by
his
grandfather (voiced by Patrick Stewart) of protecting a revolutionary
steam
ball from the evil clutches of the boy's father (voiced by Alfred Molina)
and
his father's black-cloaked henchmen. The father plans on using the ball
to
power a flying steam castle. The movie also features a "steam
automotive,"
something the size of a train engine that can run without the need of
railroad
tracks.
The story and the music are quite stirring, but even the American version,
which is twenty minutes shorter than one released in Japan, is still too
long.
Seventy-five minutes would have been plenty.
STEAMBOY runs 1:46. It is rated PG-13 for "action violence" and would be
acceptable for all ages.
The film opens nationwide in the United States on Friday, March 18, 2005.
In
the Silicon Valley, it will be showing at the Camera Cinemas.
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