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The story isn't the greatest, but there's an abundance of sci-fi eye candy to compensate.
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It may be one of the most expensive anime features ever, but there isn't a wealth of entertainment on offer in Steamboy. Dec 6, 2005 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
It may be one of the most expensive anime features ever, but there isn't a wealth of entertainment on offer in Steamboy.
Matthew Leyland
It's a sensationally designed piece of work. Aug 19, 2005
It's a sensationally designed piece of work.
J. Hoberman
Its problem is not a lack of things to look at. There's plenty of them, and they're all cool. It's just that, in this world of clanking, hissing machines, even the people seem like robots. May 20, 2005 | Full Review…
Its problem is not a lack of things to look at. There's plenty of them, and they're all cool. It's just that, in this world of clanking, hissing machines, even the people seem like robots.
Michael O'Sullivan
The movie never transcended its elaborate production work to achieve an independent reality. It's simply pictures of what never happened. May 20, 2005 | Full Review…
The movie never transcended its elaborate production work to achieve an independent reality. It's simply pictures of what never happened.
Stephen Hunter
Until it careers into cacophony ... it's a lot of fun. Apr 1, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Until it careers into cacophony ... it's a lot of fun.
Jeff Shannon
Steamboy, ultimately, shares deep-seated themes with the futuristic Akira. Both offer cautionary tales about scientific responsibility and the evils of war. And both look pretty cool, too. Mar 25, 2005 | Rating: 3/4
Steamboy, ultimately, shares deep-seated themes with the futuristic Akira. Both offer cautionary tales about scientific responsibility and the evils of war. And both look pretty cool, too.
Steven Rea
This film has steam but it generates no heat. Jan 24, 2018 | Full Review…
This film has steam but it generates no heat.
Mark Steyn
The rendering of the characters and backgrounds is so rich and precise, that at times, it skirts into the third dimension. Dec 14, 2017 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review…
The rendering of the characters and backgrounds is so rich and precise, that at times, it skirts into the third dimension.
Luke Spafford
Animated film is too violent for younger kids. Dec 15, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Animated film is too violent for younger kids.
Charles Cassady
Works more than it fails. Apr 29, 2009 | Full Review…
Works more than it fails.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
The film's extended debates on the ethics of science, government and personal responsibility would recommend it to critics of a medium that too often panders to audiences. Feb 22, 2007 | Full Review…
The film's extended debates on the ethics of science, government and personal responsibility would recommend it to critics of a medium that too often panders to audiences.
Rex Roberts
Visually impressive, but I thought it was never going to end. Mar 7, 2006 | Rating: C | Full Review…
Visually impressive, but I thought it was never going to end.
Robert Roten
Steamboy is wonderfully animated, a highly imaginative production. While it is true that the feature is a bit thin on plot and characters, this is an action film and the action does not disappoint.
Super Reviewer
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.
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.
[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]
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