Grey: Dijitaru Tâgetto |
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Japan • 1986 • 80m •
  • Directed by: Satoshi Dezaki. • Starring: Kazuhiko Inoue, Maya Okamoto, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kôichi Chiba, Paul Dobson, Tesshô Genda, Kyôko Hamura, Noriko Hidaka, Minoru Inaba, Azumi Inoue, Tsutomu Kashiwakura, Masayuki Katô, David Kaye. • Music by: Goro Omi.  In a desolate and parched future Earth, Grey, a class C soldier is fighting to achieve his late sister's dream, to rise in the ranks to become a citizen. Along the way, he gets the reputation of a relentless warrior who leaves few survivors, even among his comrades. One day, he learns that his mentor, Red, has been captured by the enemy. Impulsively, he and his female comrade, Nova, go out without permission to search for him. In doing so, they start on a quest that will turn all their perceptions of their world upside down as they discover new enemies and hard truths.
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Review:
However "Grey" is a literate SF story which owes a lot to "The Twilight Zone" and "Logan's Run" and is far more worthwhile than many of the animes which have been released in the West. The messages such as the pointless of war and the untrustworthiness of authority are pretty obvious but always worth saying. It's a shame therefore that despite the script's ambitions, the plot is ultimately resolved with a massive gunfight, plenty of deaths and purest melodrama. Animation is fair, in that familiar early eighties "Battle of the Planets" style. Its a diverting 78 minutes but unlikely to rock your world. One tip, make sure you watch it right to the end of the credits for the final image.
Review by GazHack from the Internet Movie Database.
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