Malice@doll
by Keitarou Motonaga
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Actor: Elisabeth Harmon-Haid, Laurence Bouvard, Lee Jones, Noah Lee Margetts, Walter LewisDirector: Keitarou Motonaga
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 80 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-07-27
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Arts Magic
Movie Reviews of Malice@doll
Movie Review: I really hope this helps
Summary: 3 Stars
I was...impartial to this movie. Was not to my liking or disliking, but I could easily see how you might find yourself on either one side or the other. I didn't know what to expect and this was nowhere near what I expected anyway. My hopes is that you will not start this movie in the same position as I was.
Minor spoilers, but you wouldn't see it coming anyway.
What to expect when you watch this movie:
1 Lots of shadowy scenery
2 Slow story line
3 Many plot holes
4 Much twisted and dark imagery
5 Moderate animation
Now for greater explanation.
1 There is no sunlight in this realm, and with that, no distinction of time frames. I think this was meant to look like a dark and desolate world and that was defiantely how i percieved it. There were also many shots of just the scenery after an emotional peak of the main character. I wasn't sure what I was looking at because sometimes it would just be a hallway or door or mess of rubble and circutry, and the unlighted feeling of the movie doesnt help distinguish these things any more.
2 This is not an action film. This is not hentai nor anime porn, though it does contain pornographic material. Roughly 10 minutes of it at best, and well sepatered throughout the entire show. I would assume its a creepily dark suspence film.
3 The setting is a post apocolyptic world. No humans exist, but the machinces we created continue to perfom their tasks to the best of thier ability. There is not one explanation for anything in this movie. Robots seem to have opinions and even willed dislikings. There is also no inner monologues so simple and inane questions are asked aloud repeatedly. Even at the end, you won't know whats going in. I didn't get a moral to the story or fact that the director wanted you to get.
4 This film appears to be laced with symbolilism, though I was unable to interpret it. There is a scene of malice getting abused as she normally would, being the doll she was. One could also call the forms that the robots take on after recieving Malice's "gift" are rather grotesque. At its most twisted parts, its not far off from The Cell (New Line Platinum Series)
5 The animation wasn't horrible. it was equivalent to the saturday morning cartoon Reboot - Season III, Vol. 1 . Not a very fast frame rate so you could recognize the animation was not as smooth as possible, or at least whats possible now.
I probably won't watch this movie again. I liked the character Joe administrator, his body was cool and he got one brief fight scene at the end, very much to my surprise.
If you enjoy confusion, darkness, many sexual undertones with minimal eroticism to them, you may love this film. I might suggest as well, that if you do not need a firm plot, all questions answer or a fast pace to enjoy a movie, you might enjoy Blame!, Vol. 1: Ver.O. 11 - Salvaged Disc by Cibo or Cat Soup (Liquid Art Limited Edition)
Summary of Malice@doll
Prostitute robot dolls roam empty streets, in their daily search for clients. But those whom they were built to service have ceased to exist: humanity has wiped itself out. In a world of action without purpose, cleaners, guards and whores all respond to their programmed tasks until they in turn become defunct. Malice@Doll is one such prostitute, now in need of repair. In her search for renewal, she becomes aware that her world is being modified, leaving her increasingly open to attack by her former robotic guardians, and in a state of increasing isolation and alienation. Suffering from attack and ravishing by a grotesque tentacled bionic creature, she is mysteriously transformed into a human being. Overcome with joy and wonder, Malice seeks to transfer this gift through a loving kiss. But with every gift there comes a curse.EXTRAS:
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