In the Aftermath

Japan / Australia • 1988 • 85m •

• Directed by: Carl Colpaert. • Starring: Tony Markes, Rainbow Dolan, Kenneth McCabe, Kurtiss J. Tews, Bryan Ellenburg, Ian Ruskin, Lisa Maxwell, Filiz Tully, Mike Hickam, Katie Leigh. • Music by: Anthony Moore.

On a post-apocalyptic Earth, an angel descends to help the survivors.

Review:

In 1988, New World Pictures released "In the Aftermath: Angels Never Sleep", a film which uses footage from the Mamoru Oshii anime film "Angel's Egg". New World bought the rights to the film. This film's producer, Tom Dugan, felt that it, "was an incomprehensible Japanese animation" and that they could add live-action to the animation to make sense of what Dugan felt was a confusing film. This was done in an effort to make it more acceptable to an American audience. The result is something that is hit and miss.

The animation from "Angel's Egg" is re-purposed with a story about survivors of a post-apocalyptic nuclear world that a small angel, (the girl from Angel's Egg), must save by giving them an egg that will change everything. Easily the best part of the film is the animation sequences with the rewritten story, while the newly shot live-action footage which carries the rest of the film is pretty poorly conceived.

Admittedly, I think it would have been more interesting if New World hired an 'actual' animation studio to do new animation for the film instead of shooting their alternate version with live-action that doesn't fit whatsoever. "In the Aftermath" is a curiosity to those who love the cult anime film "Angel's Egg". Unfortunately, If one wishes to see the original source of this film, then they would have to buy "Angel's Egg" from Japan on Blu-ray.

Review by tjszkorla from the Internet Movie Database.

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