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Product Name: Kite [With XL T-Shirt] [DVD] [1998]
UPC: 631595055870
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Legendary action classic
Genre: Action, (mature if you get the uncut version)
Length: 50 minutes. 60 minutes with uncut.
Kite is one of those cult classics like Perfect Blue that are so beautifully animated and wonderfully voiced that they stand the test of time. Kite is the story of a girl named Sawa who has been trained to be an assassin. Her parents were killed at an early age. The man who has adopted her is raising her as a killer for hire. She's training to find and kill the person(s) that murdered her parents. Along the way, she encounters a young man in the same line of work named Oburi.
Kite is a pretty darn good movie. Practically no filler, non-stop action, and great animation. For a movie of its age, the cinematography is amazing. You can definitely tell that it was a high budget film that pulled all of the stops out. And the action scenes are done amazingly. Missing limbs. blown off fingers, exploding heads, and whatever else happens are drawn incredibly well.
While the movie is a classic, it does have it's shortcomings. Mainly, it's too short. At only 50-60 minutes, you can't connect with the characters or get a deep background. The focus on action pulls away from most of the storytelling. Also, while the story is pretty linear, it jumps straight from the beginning to the end then starts off on a tangent that abruptly ends. Basically, it needed a full 2 hours or an OVA series to be better.
Kite came in 2 versions. This one and the uncut one. I picked up the uncut version and only recommend it if you don't have a problem with graphic non-consensual content. Sadly, it adds nothing to the story and just turns it from a "R" rating to NC-17. At least it extended it from 50 to 60 minutes :/
