Kaena: The Prophecy (2004)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:2
Rotten:28
Average Rating:3.9/10
Consensus: Though Kaena: The Prophecy is visually inventive, its story is incoherent, derivative, and dull.
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Axis, the "tree world's" life is in danger. Its sap has almost all run out and its people's efforts to implore the gods, are in vain. Kaena has strange visions and she is convinced that Axis is... [More]
Reviews for Kaena: The Prophecy
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 2/4 |
Thought the animation and scenery is dazzling and really manages to become candy for the eyes, this is a pretty terrible movie with a nonsensical plot, senseless story, and boring confusing plotline surprisingly aimed towards children. Full Review |
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Has a more genuine SF premise behind it than most of today’s so-called sci-fi offerings . . . Full Review |
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2/5 |
send your 15 year old to see it first and then prepare you for it Full Review |
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1/4 |
An animated film without a hint of anima. Full Review |
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E-Mail This Article to a Friend KAENA: THE PROPHECY Words of wisdom: "You don’t need wings to be free! There’s another world with a blue sun and so much sap you can swim in it!" Maybe it sounds better in the French version. Full Review |
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1/4 |
The monsters are derivative, the attempts at humor are mostly feeble and the story, in the end, lacks a certain je ne sais quoi. Full Review |
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1/4 |
Derivative and aimless filmmaking by directors and 'writers' who know only how to craft eye candy. Full Review |
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D- |
The animation in Kaena is so ham-fisted that it distracts even from the fairly tedious story. Full Review |
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D+ |
The images are opulent but the story's an incoherent bore. Full Review |
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2/5 |
My prophecy is: Kaena will play better on an X-box than at the theatres. Full Review |
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C |
Simplistic writing and one-dimensional characters do in this animation film. Full Review |
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C- |
While the animation is awesome, the storyline is out-of-this-world confusing. Full Review |
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2/5 |
There are moments in Kaena that are absorbing, but too much of the time it simply becomes tedious. Full Review |
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Augurs well for dazzling visual work but struggles mightily on the storytelling front. Full Review |
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If Kaena's alternate universe isn't nearly as fully realized as Fantastic Planet's, the 3-D imagery is often gloriously turbocharged. Full Review |
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It's a valiant effort, if not quite successful. Full Review |
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C |
A creamy-colored yet derivative sci-fi fantasy with a few rip-offs so blatant ... that even kiddie fans not yet mentally agile enough to make sense of the loopy plot could pick them out. Full Review |
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D |
With George Lucas’ lawyers eager to justify undoubtedly Jabba-sized retainers, writer-director Delaporte may want to start the tie selection now for his court appearance. Full Review |
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Its target audience will more likely watch this on DVD than in theaters...[but] only the desperate will find Kaena entertaining. Full Review |
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2/5 |
The ending makes little sense, the characters are badly sketched out, and we can’t really figure out what the hell is going on. Full Review |
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