8/24/2023 0 Comments Kite 2014 movie plotEllis died in 2013) takes its cue from the more easily digestible graphic novel milieu, its plot basically being an expanded variation on the Hit-Girl sub-plot from Kick-Ass, with something of the feel of similarly nihilistic and femme-centric movies like Sucker Punch informing its presentation. It is an uncomfortably brutal viewing experience.īased on the two-part Japanese anime from the same year as the film Blade, with which this live-action remake appreciably shares both an environment and an ambience, Ralph Ziman’s film (Ziman joined the project after originally slated director David R. Shot in a washed-out palette punctuated by stark instances of vivid colour, Kite is scant on dialogue and characterisation and big on atmosphere, peppered with frequent moments of ferocious violence. “ Why have a conversation when you can stab someone, eh?” says Callan MaCauliffe’s character Oburi to India Eisley’s Sawa (pronounced after Kurosawa) towards the end of Kite, and that would seem to be a manifesto for the movie. JACKSON, INDIA EISLEY, CALLAN MCAULIFFE / RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 13TH Who (8) dystopia (46) Dystopian Visions (24) Elizabeth Bear (23) Fables (13) fantasy (509) Feminist Futures (18) film (194) firefly (13) FPS (29) game of thrones (14) games (46) George R R Martin (25) gift guide (10) giveaway (9) graphic novel (13) grimdark (28) guest post (15) Halo (8) Harry Potter (17) Hawkeye (8) historical fiction (26) horror (127) horror comics (7) Hugo Awards (136) Hugo Initiative (16) Hugo Reform (10) Hugos (17) Image Comics (41) indie publishing (30) interview (150) Jemmy (45) Joe (374) Joe Hill (16) John Scalzi (19) Katherine Kurtz (8) kickstarter (13) literary fiction (15) Locke and Key (19) lord of the rings (8) lovecraft (10) magic (30) Malazan (6) Manga (8) marvel (74) memes (10) microreview (494) Mikey (394) Mind MGMT (21) Miyazaki Hayao (12) mollyocr (12) music (35) N.K.DVD REVIEW: KITE / CERT: 15 / DIRECTOR: RALPH ZIMAN / SCREENPLAY: BRIAN COX / STARRING: SAMUEL L. Vaughan (13) Call of Duty (11) campaign (27) Captain America (29) chew (15) Chloe (9) classic (9) classic SF (11) comic con (17) comics (427) Computer games (4) console (37) conspiracy theories (7) contributors (23) creature feature (5) crime (21) crime fiction (45) Criterion Collection (7) criticism (29) Cullen Bunn (36) cult films (29) Cult Films 101 (5) cult movies (51) Culture series (9) Cyberpunk Revisited (22) Daniel Abraham (15) Daredevil (44) dark fantasy (37) Dark Horse (16) darkhorse (7) Darth Vader (15) dc (42) deadpool (9) Dean Smith-Richard (94) Disney (18) DLC (9) dnd (3) Dr.
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