
Warner Home Video - Warner Home Video
Release date: 2006-12-19
DVD
Director:Richard Linklater
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Rory Cochrane, Mitch Baker
Action / Adventure, Animated, Animation, Atmospheric, Avant-garde / Experimental, Color, Crime, Drama, Dreamlike, Drug Content, English, Enigmatic, Future Dystopias, Hallucinatory, Movie, Mystery, Paranoid, Profanity, Psychological Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi




The plot confused and depressed me. Keanu Reeves is perfect for this role. His poor character has been dazed and confused for so long it's not true. It's one twisted, nightmarish sci-fi tale about the horror of drug addiction. Much more effective than the guy who used to come on TV years ago with an egg and a frying pan.("This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs".) 'Just say no' to Substance D. I would because it causes a lobotomy and knowing that would be enough for me to not take it. Now the "interpolated rotoscoping" technique -- Been there done that. It's just not as cool the second time. WAKING LIFE, also directed by the same guy, was fantastic and fun to watch. This here, not so much. On top of that I saw this animation in TV commercials which pretty much did for this style of animation what TV commercials did for all those classic rock songs I used to sort of like.
Credit for staying respectful to the source material, but it didn't work for me. Not the worst PDK film adaptation though. I'm always waiting for the next BLADE RUNNER that will never come. If you dig the animation in this movie check out WAKING LIFE. The bonus stuff is pretty cool too. And drink a bottle of cough syrup.
I have this on normal DVD format so I thought I get it in Blu-ray since I just bought a new player. I think this is a great DVD to have in your Blu-ray collection. The whole comic look to the movie is what I really enjoyed. It just looked awesome seeing all the colors in full detail.