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• Emil K

  
  Flawlessly executed and full of mind blowing action set pieces. While the screenplay may lack the depth and is clearly filled with couple of cliches too many and underdeveloped characters, it still packs a hell of punch with it's spectacular visuals. Katsuhiro Otomo, who is best… More
  Flawlessly executed and full of mind blowing action set pieces. While the screenplay may lack the depth and is clearly filled with couple of cliches too many and underdeveloped characters, it still packs a hell of punch with it's spectacular visuals. Katsuhiro Otomo, who is best known from his cult hit Akira, is one of the world's most important visionaries when it comes to animation, but ultimately his best work as a director is his live-action adaptation of Manga known as Mushisi. With that film he showed that he is also capable of more relaxed and more thoughtful cinema than anything seen in Steamboy. Steamboy is like a visual rollecoaster ride, but just don't expect to see any character developement or depth here. This is pure entertainment aimed to entertain, nothing more. It is dream come true film for a people who love steampunk as a genre. If only Otomo would tone down the noisy and big ending fireworks, then this could have been truly a magnificent piece of cinema. It is still enjoyable enough as it is, but there is more potential in it than it dares to use. If you admire anime and especially steampunk, then this is a must see for you.

• Robert C

  
  Not at all what I was expecting, but enjoyable none the less. A bit long in my opinion, but lots of cool concepts and visuals.

• Dean M

  
  This Japanese computer-generated anime is cool, starts out as a nice Jule Verne-style adventure, but the story is too complicated and talky to maintain momentum. Animation of the machines is smooth and graceful, but the characters are stiff and charmless.

• Walter M

  
  [font=Century Gothic]"Steamboy" starts in Manchester, England in 1866 where Ray Steam is a mechanic and engineer, even though he is still a kid. He lives with his mom while his father and grandfather are working on an engineering project in Alaska. One day, a package… More
  [font=Century Gothic]"Steamboy" starts in Manchester, England in 1866 where Ray Steam is a mechanic and engineer, even though he is still a kid. He lives with his mom while his father and grandfather are working on an engineering project in Alaska. One day, a package arrives from his grandfather which contains a metal ball with a detailed set of instructions. Quickly, some sinister-looking gentlemen from the O'Hara Foundation, the elder Steams' employers, show up and ask for the package. When their request is politely declined, they resort to force. Ray resorts to escaping on a self-propelled wheel with the villains in hot pursuit in a mechanized tractor.[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]"Steamboy" is a fun and creative adventure anime in the steampunk subgenre that is very well animated. It has much to say about a scientist being responsible for any weapons that they invent. Any respectable scientist should steer clear of the military at all costs and not let their inventions be exploited.[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]Note: I watched this movie in Japanese with English subtitles.[/font]

• a b

  
  I haven't seen it with the Japanese language track, which would probably help.

• Marion R

  
  I was confused as to whether the lead character was a girl or a boy, overall it was meh.

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