Vexille
Vexille
PG-13 | 14 February 2008 (USA)
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2067: Isolation: Japan seals herself off from the eyes of the world in the face of unilateral international policy setting strict limits on the use of robotic technology. The island nation exists only behind a veil of seclusion. No soul shall enter. No soul shall leave. 2077: Revelation: The veil is breached. Japan is infiltrated by agents of the organization S.W.O.R.D., a fighting force operating outside of the protection of the United States and her allies. Their mission: Determine if the Japanese are developing banned robotic bio-technology, forbidden due to its threat to humankind. In the battle between machine and man, humanity stands to suffer most.

Reviews
Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.
imdb-ary Horrible movie, the plot is so stupid beyond imagining. So I'm not gonna even try to here.Well the plot is like this evil corporation has already took control of the entire country of Japan. But instead of using the country to develop some mega super weapon like what everyone thought it was doing and be generally bad ass, it instead decides to:a) Wipe out its own country's total population b) Wipe out all its own infrastructure c) Restrict itself to to a tiny tiny island where its easily destroyed d) Fire or kill all its employees until there's only a few dozen security guards and one android of dubious loyalty.And you wonder why they failed. Christ even James Bond villains have more brains than this!
tooltoter This is a fantastic movie! I had never even heard of it until I was scrolling through action movie titles on the internet. I read the reviews and decided to check it out for myself. I was so impressed that I considered quitting my job to travel around the country promoting it. But seriously, the film is visually stunning, has a great plot, and touches just about ever emotion a person can experience. I highly recommend it. There is enough action in this movie to satisfy even the most insatiable movie buff. Most of the time I forgot I was watching an animated movie. Set in the not-so-distant future, this film creates a plausible scenario of a mega corporation so bent on the advancement of technology that it forgets what humanity is all about. I was on the edge of my seat from the very beginning.
Miroslav Stampar I really enjoyed this flick. Animation is great, plot is decent, and characters are sufficiently formed (for action movies). To be honest, there are some noticeable flaws, made while patching the story, but all in all, I am more than happy for watching it. It's a mixture of "Ghost in the Shell", "Akira" and "AppleSeed", but nevertheless it has it's own original storyline. At some part it put me on thought that something similar could happen to human kind, especially the "disease prevention". You too can easily draw parallels with recent events.At the beginning you are presented with who the bad guys are and who will probably save the day at the end. Also, you are pretty fast being aware that this movie will be filled with action and "cyber-blood", and with sporadic love story. All in all, very good action anime.
Kakarot_XR **SPOILERS** I bought this movie on DVD expecting to get me through a boring night or at least give me cheap laugh at it's pitiful attempt to 'be'/'beat' Appleseed.20 Minutes into the movie. I was hooked, shocked and more importantly - GLAD I bought the film! What's so good about Vexille that it (in my opinion) tops Appleseed? It's everything as a whole! First off, the storyline.Its set in Japan in the near future.Although many say it's too weak, not interesting enough and rather linear. They fail to realise the brilliance of the story! Instead of the typical and overused human's creating robot like humans Vexille does something which is the exact opposite! It focuses on a crazy Company called 'Daiwa' which develop a virus that slowly mutates/transforms the human DNA into metal! Then they get the government to unleash an illness that requires the whole Japanese population to be vaccined. (Really, the vacination is the mutation virus). Slowly the body turns into metal then finally, the virus attacks the brain causing the brain to be taken over by the virus and then controlled, so that Daiwa can control the humanoid's! That's the jist of what has happened in Japan. I've spoiled some parts of the story, but left out what actually takes place IN the film.Now the story does have some weak points like not explaining WHY the Daiwa company are wanting to turn human's into humanoids (of course they want to take over the world, but WHY exactly?!?). And HOW exactly the government got involved in this... But that should all be explained in the next movie which will probably be a Prequel.The CGI/2D Shaded graphics design is nothing new, it's used in Appleseed. The design of the characters are much like Appleseed too, but what really makes it unique are the robots and the 'jags'! I've watched a lot of anime's and Japanese movies and let me tell you. The Jags are probably the most unique robot/enemy I have ever seen! They are the main reason why this movie differs enough from Appleseed.Again, the only problem is, we are told WHAT the Jag's are doing in Japan, but we aren't told HOW exactly they are built and etc. Another problem I hope the second movie deals wth.The movie is filled with a mix of action, drama and tension to keep you interested and not bored.Overall, Vexille is a good compact eye catching movie that will hook any anime/robot lover from start to finish.Give it a solid 8.5/10.