Vexille (2007) poster
2007 · sci-fi · cgi · dystopia

Vexille

Directed by Fumihiko Sori1h 49m2007
ElsewhereIMDb6.78kTMDB6.7174
  • sombre
  • kinetic
  • intense
Movie DNA

Sombre, breathless, measured sci-fi / cgi, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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2067: Isolation: Japan seals herself off from the eyes of the world in the face of unilateral international policy setting strict limits on the use of robotic technology. The island nation exists only behind a veil of seclusion. No soul shall enter. No soul shall leave. 2077: Revelation: The veil is breached. Japan is infiltrated by agents of the organization S.W.O.R.D., a fighting force operating outside of the protection of the United States and her allies. Their mission: Determine if the Japanese are developing banned robotic bio-technology, forbidden due to its threat to humankind. In the battle between machine and man, humanity stands to suffer most.

Our read · Vexille (2007) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive sci-fi · cgi · dystopia entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want glossy cyberpunk anime with mecha, nanotech, and Japan locked down.

ends upliftingit stays with yougrabs you earlygrips by minute 3attention 3/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
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Skip it tonightPlot holes and mid-2000s CGI already sound exhausting tonight.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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