 | | Genres
Action,
Science Fiction | | Format
MOVIE (1x) | | Rating
7.2 |
| Akira
The year is 2019, thirty-one years after Tokyo was destroyed by a top-secret weapons project during World War III. Now, Neo-Tokyo has risen from the ashes to become a dark and dangerous megalopolis infested with gangs and terrorists. The government seethes with corruption and only maintains token control over the powerful military that prevents total chaos and hides the secrets of the past. Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda plunge into Neo-Tokyo's darkest secret when their motorcycle gang encounters a military operation to retrieve an escaped experimental subject. Tetsuo, captured by the military, is subjected to experiments that make him a powerful psychic, but unfortunately for Neo-Tokyo, Tetsuo's powers rage out of control and he lashes out at the world that has oppressed him. Nothing can stop the destructive forces that Tetsuo wields except possibly the last boy to destroy Tokyo.
Akira is probably the first real Japanese animated movie introduced overseas and thus a very popular one. Science Fiction is one of my favorite genres and adding some great action scenes to this story makes Akira worth watching. |
