Charlotte Rampling, Thomas Kretschmann, Linda Hardy

New York in the year 2095 has evolved into a comic-book like, sci-fi metropolis. A giant pyramid hovers over the city, where the Gods of Ancient Egypt dwell, unknown to the mortals below. One of the g...( read more  read more... )ods, Horus', status as an Immortal is revoked. With his time running out, Horus has unfinished business to settle in the city against a backdrop of political intrigue, corporate corruption and impending revolution.

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R, 1 hr. 42 min.

Directed by: Enki Bilal

Release Date: November 5, 2004

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DVD Release Date: June 21, 2005

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  • September 7, 2008
    was cool.
    interesting
    original (?)
  • March 10, 2008
    ''Remember the sign we saw, my soul. That beautiful, soft summer morning... round a turning in the path. A disgusting carcass on a bed scattered with stones. Its legs in the air like a woman in need... burning its wedding poisons... like a fountain with its rhythmic sobs. I co...( read more)uld hear it clearly with a long murmuring sound, but I touch my body in vain to find the wound. I am the vampire of my own heart. One of the great outcasts condemned to eternal laughter who can no longer smile. Am I dead? I must be dead.''


    New York 2095. In a strange pyramid floating in the sky, the gods of ancient Egypt are judging Horus. In the city, a young woman with blue hair and tears is arrested, but she has a secret power, even to herself...

    Linda Hardy: Jill Bioskop

    Thomas Kretschmann: Alcide Nikopol

    Charlotte Rampling: Elma Turner

    Awesome and visionary!

    Egyptian and futuristic have a fondness for mythalogical gods and customs. Sci-fi twist is amazing!

    Constantly reminded me of my sweetheart Rachael the first time i saw it because im so in love, its great! Very surreal and mixed with animation, was weird but ive absorbed into it. Some weirdness to it though.

    So many films don't have this range of vastness and imagination that you have to watch repeatedly to grasp.

    Abit more serious than Fifth Element which it has a similar style too but with some strange animated sequences other than that it still captivates me on viewing again.
  • September 27, 2007
    Directed by: Enki Bilal.
    Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Thomas Kretschmann, Linda Hardy, Frederic Pierrot, Thomas Pollard.

    First off I will say that the whole concept of the film is interesting and I think the director certainly had a vision to make it...( read more) right, unfortunately, in the way of story and even style at times, it is an incoherent mess of a film.

    Now with any normal moviegoer, they will stop the review right here and not tell people why they didn't like the film, but I will tell you why. I will start off with the story, like I mentioned at the beginning of this review, I thought that the ideas and the concept that come across is quite interesting and could have been great if done right, unfortunately, the screenwriters have too many ideas and try fitting them all into a short running time and the film jumps around too much and alot of it is jusr plain confusing. So in some ways, this is a typical film of style over substance, but even then, the style isn't exactly focused. What the director has gone and done with this film, much like the screenwriters, crammed in alot of visual ideas and they don't always work. At times, some of the CGI is amazing, at others it is just downright bad, but what I don't get is why did they have to have actors and then actors with some makeup effects (which were also amazing), and then some with a bit of CGI and then the rest copies of characters that look like they just walked of the set of the video game 'Half Life'. And that is the main thing that put me off, the use of typical video game looking CGI characters.

    So to finish off, the visual style is all over the place and some of it is amazing, the story is a mess that shows some potential in scenes but not enough....and I will also mention that Linda Hardy was definately beautiful in this. A disappointment.
  • June 4, 2007
    Weird... just weird...
    Real interesting movie seriously, a bit complicated to follow, but the mix of real and CGI people is really great, the whole SFX aspect was kick ass! Enki Bilal, we love you, do some other work to mindfuck us again and again :)
  • August 31, 2006
    I can't quite decide should I give this 3½ stars or 4-.

    The Dayak was a bit silly.
  • November 12, 2009
    Visually stimulating, futuristic movie with a extreme sci-fi twist. But the and over all story are very lacking the premise was a great idea though.
  • November 11, 2009
    Very wierd and there definitely wasn't a solid underlying plot driving the story, just a bunch of different stuff all happening at the same time. Yes there was the god character and the blue "alien" character but there didn't seem to be much purpose other than the god trying to ...( read more)spread his seed. The choice to include completely CGI'ed characters with real actors was bizarre, especially considering the way it was implemented. Occasionally there were a couple computer characters that looked somewhat photo-realistic. However all of the rest were a bit cartoon looking, almost to the point where I was wondering if that was on purpose but couldn't find a reason for the separation. This movie has been compared to The Fifth Element, one of my favorite movies, but the similarities are *not* because of the story line just certain visual and societal elements (flying cars, blue aliens, police force, ancient mythology).
  • October 21, 2009
    The plot, in my opinion, is reasonably interesting, if perhaps a touch overcomplicated. My main objections are to the presentation of the Egyptian gods - both in terms of their behavior and the digital rendering of them - and some of the CG human characters looking obviously CG c...( read more)ompared to the human actors (and even some of the other CG characters). The background and set work is gorgeous however. I can't say I care for the sexual politics much though.
  • October 16, 2009
    Definitely worth watching if you enjoy european cinema. Very surreal sci fi. Cool flick.
  • October 14, 2009
    Some interesting parts and effects, but overall, nothing that memorable about it.

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  • Aritosgold
    October 22, 2007
    This movie is great.special effects are Awesome^^
  • troelskn
    May 13, 2007
    This movie is based on the comics by Enki Bilal. I liked the movies blend of real footage, and cartoon.
  • thegreatwhitepanda
    November 30, 2006
    i loved this movie
    it is one of my favourites with the coolest plot and high class special effects
    I LOVE IT

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