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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterThe film has enough originality to interest demanding fans of the genre.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanAt this point, there's something almost masochistic about the way animators in Japan use cheesy ''Westernized'' heroes to fuel their fantasies.
- 50Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyThe characters are (hand-painted) so flat that the film looks like a paper-doll convention at Epcot.
- 50The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensWhile there are some genuinely dazzling moments of visual bravura, the marriage of flatness and depth that Mr. Aramaki attempts doesn't quite work.
- 50Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThe stock characters and leaden stretches of expository dialogue are welcome evidence that there's still no computer program capable of telling a decent story.
- 40The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonIts busy, stiff, artificial graphics are a perfect match for its busy, stiff, artificial plot. A simple Shirow pinup parade might almost be preferable.
- 40Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanMuch of the movie is dull, and as it has been dubbed into English, the blah-blah is impossible to ignore.
- 40L.A. WeeklyDavid ChuteL.A. WeeklyDavid ChuteThe film's snazzy new automated animation style falls short: The supposedly human face of our metal-plated robocop's partner -- the inevitable curvy female in a leather jump suit -- is an inexpressive, glossy doll mask, untouched by human hands.
- 40Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasDazzling visually but is flattened by corny dialogue better suited to the 1936 "Flash Gordon" serial, a needlessly hard to follow plot and heavy-handed exposition clotted with pseudo-scientific mumbo jumbo.