Avalon (2001)
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Following up on his cult anime masterpieces Patlabor 2 and Ghost in the Shell, Mamoru Oshii makes his live-action debut with this virtual reality thriller set in a near-future cyberpunk wasteland, in which the youth of an unnamed central European nation are enthralled with violent and illegal virtual reality computer games. Ash (Malgorzata Foremniak) is a ruthless "Class A" fighter and reigning queen of the games. She's itching to move to the next level of playing. Aside from her gaming, she
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Among other things, Avalon may be the first movie that uses contemporary Poland as a special effect.
Top CriticIt will overjoy viewers looking for a leisurely fantasy departure and bore to tears others hoping for another Matrix.
For many viewers, the mesmerizing images will be more than enough to sustain their interest. For others, the picture will be a monumental bore.
Manages to create a haunting virtual world that's more mystical than anything the Wachowski brothers have offered us, blending the real and the imagined into a portentous cyberpunk fable.
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Avalon is all about atmosphere. Without Kenji Kawai's outstanding score and Oshii's ability to create hallucinatory images and worlds from scratch this film would only be nothing more than a hollow and cold vision of roleplay gaming in the future. I recommend Oshii's film to be approached more as an mood piece. It might take time to get into it's oddly beautiful world, but as i earlier stated that it is journey worth to take.
Those who are bored to see more conventional sci-fi, Avalon serves a perfect entry into somewhere we have never been before. Avalon is not in the same level as his best films like The Sky Crawlers or Innocense, but it is a gorgeous piece of art like all of Oshii's work.