This 2004 imagining of Enki Bilal art and storytelling is truly jaw dropping. I had seen it before and been a bit ambivalent about it previously. But, on seeing it again, it clicked with me to a much greater degree. It is an amazing movie that mixes Egyptian gods, a dreary scifi Blade Runner-like view of the future, a detective story, good versus evil struggle and stunning CG mixed with live action visuals. Oh, and a very interesting French downbeat soundtrack.
The plot will completely satisfy those viewers that love it when things are not so neat and tidy. It will drive all others to distraction.
While not for everyone (it's a must for Metal Hurlant/Heavy Metal Illustrated magazine aficionados), this is a cool movie that, in the end, restates the obvious...that the French are hyper-cool but completely kooky at the same time.
Two thumbs up!
Poscript: Surely this is the finest movie that quotes Charles Baudelaire's poem, The Carcass.
"Ceaselessly by my side moves the Demon. He swims around me like impalpable air. I swallow and feel it burn my lungs. And fill them with eternal desire and guilt." - Nikopol
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