Angelina Jolie, Ling Bai, Giovanni Ribisi
After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 25, 2005
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Flixster Reviews (4,272)
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August 23, 2009"Sky Captain" Jude Law and gal reporter Gwyneth Paltrow pursue a mad scientist in this sprawling adventure set in an anachronistic 1930s where zeppelins exists side-by-side with ray guns and giant robots. The mix of Art Deco and CGI is stunning, but one wishes the creators had p...( read more)
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November 18, 2008Nothing in this movie is real but the actors. Taking a similar approach like "Sin City" this one isn't a dark detective thriller but an extremely entertaining homage to B-adventure and -sci-fi-movies of the 30s. Even the camera work and editing is mirroring that attempt, which mi...( read more)
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July 28, 2008A decent attempt at something different. An ok story line and plenty of action. It has a similar visual style as Sin City with nearly all CGI backgrounds and environments but tweaked slightly to give a comic book feel to it. Well worth checking out if you have missed it so far.
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November 17, 2009i feel like im watching film noir movie into the action and scifi flick and with also i feel like im watch to "pearl harbor" to me lol. i would like to see more of angelina jolie but she there about an hour. so nice starring with gwyneth paltrow and with jude law too.
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November 16, 2009One of my favorite blends of genres. It's able to handle the combination of noir/fantasy/sci-fi quite flawlessly. The effects are just perfect for this and it was clearly researched and developed. The acting is wonderful, I loved the stylized nature of it. Jude Law gave such a ch...( read more)
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November 4, 2009Visually breathtaking but the plot was goofy and the acting was so stylized, it seemed fake and not believable at all. Still, it's worth checking out the visuals.
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November 1, 2009I give them credit for making something that looks like nothing else. But you know what else looks like nothing else? My poop. (It must be the food coloring.)
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Critic Reviews
May 4, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
September 18, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Ultimately seems more like a fancy mechanical toy than a work of art we can warm up to. full review
September 17, 2004
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Half of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a film of breathtaking vision and craftsmanship, a work of art that both summarizes the early history of cinema and takes it brilliantly, shimmeringly ... full review
September 17, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It's like a film that escaped from the imagination directly onto the screen, without having to pass through reality along the way. full review
September 17, 2004
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
The only thing keeping it from greatness is a good story. full review
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