![]() ![]() I love an action flick with a strong ass-kicking female in the lead, so I happily signed up to watch this one. Jackson, this action flick is based loosely on the Japanese anime of the same name. This movie is far from perfect, but I did find it enjoyable for what it was.Last week, Anchor Bay entertainment released Kite to DVD, directed by Ralph Ziman and starring India Eisley, Callan McAuliffe and Samuel L. I would rather watch Kite than say, another Expendable movie, or Die Hard, or anything by Michael Bay. To be honest, the things that are bad in this movie are nothing more serious than what you would find in any other big budget movie. You know what happened, but you are never given a clear showing of just how emotionally and psychologically damaged her character is since they leave those parts out. Sawa, in this movie version, has been stripped down and you are not given a true feeling of how damaged she is and why she is compelled to see her revenge. This flaw also keeps Eisley from really bringing her character more to life than she could. I do understand that the director could not make this very much like the manga because the movie would have had to been rated NC-17 and it may not have made it past any distributors, but I feel the lack of certain details does keep the viewers in the dark regarding some of the plot. There is quite a bit missing from this movie where if you are not familiar with the manga, you miss out on some more minor information that actual could clear up some of the plot holes. I don’t know if the writers ever really read the manga or seen the anime movie, but they could have taken quite a bit more from that original work and added to this movie. Jackson’s performance did not disappoint me other than he pretty much played the same character that he does in several other movies, but that is ok, because hey, it’s Samuel L. India Eisley shows off some decent action moves, but nothing quite like Chloe Grace Moretz’s character, Hit Girl from Kick Ass, but she certainly tries. The actors are all pretty decent with what they were given and they managed to pull off some good chemistry together. The acting, while nothing Oscar worthy, is not any worse than what you would see in any other big budget action movie. The fight scenes are numerous and enjoyable and the cinematography is quite good. Let’s go over some of the good things about this movie. Had this movie been made 20 years ago, then it would have looked more futuristic. Kite is supposed to take place in some dark future, but honestly looks more like modern day Detroit. This movie is rather toned down for an American movie audience. The manga involves much more violence, blood, rape, nudity and pedophilia. Kite is based on a fairly popular cult manga that was also turned into an anime movie of the same name although the manga is much more graphic in nature. ![]() As Sawa blasts her way throughout the city she makes her way through criminal after criminal she finds a world of human trafficking only to uncover a horrifying truth. Along the way, she finds a mysterious stranger (Callan McAuliffe) from her past who also aides her in her pursuit to find the killers. Sawa becomes a deadly assassin, violently killing those that would harm others as she searches for her parents killers. Jackson), her father’s ex-partner on the police force, assists Sawa with her vengeance. ![]() ![]() After Sawa’s mother and father are found murdered, she desires nothing more than revenge against the killers. Kite tells the story of Sawa (India Eisley), a young girl living in a city where crime and gangs rule the streets. In a dystopian future, a young girl seeks revenge on the men who killed her father ![]()
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