Characterisation is regulation thin, plotting largely nonsensical, 'camerawork' and effects increasingly pyrotechnical until an amazing final light show inside the Ark.
Comment
06/24/06
Spriggan (2001)
54 %
Reviews Counted: 13 Fresh: 7 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 5.6/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Synopsis: SPRIGGAN, a Japanese animation film from director Hirotsuge Kawasaki, centers on Noah's Ark, a powerful artifact from an ancient civilization that is discovered on Mt. Ararat, Turkey. The discovery sets in motion a diabolical plot by the U.S. Pentagon to claim the object as its own... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Andy McAvin, Chris Patton, Kevin Corn
Reviews
1 - 13 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top Critic
This animated 1998 actioner about a Japanese superspy out to defend the world's most guarded archaeological secrets from evil Americans has to be seen to be believed.
03/11/03
The Spriggan are specially trained troops placed all over the world for the purpose of guarding historical artifacts - kinda sci-fi Indiana Joneses if you will.
12/08/02
Newcomers to anime would be better off checking out the likes of Ghost in the Shell, but fans of the genre won't be disappointed.
09/12/02
What this one has above many of its stablemates is a storyline that favours fanciful 'reality' over unbridled science-fiction extravaganza.
08/17/02
Visuals are all that this movie has going for it. If the sound system in your theater dies, it won't make any difference.
11/04/01
Though 'Spriggan' manages to be both ludicrously convoluted and peculiarly childish, its worst fault is that it's mind-numbingly violent.
10/12/01
Much of Spriggan feels like an apocalyptic Arnold Schwarzenegger cartoon, with lots of automatic gunfire, rivers of blood and dialogue that could have been written by a theologically inclined 11-year-old with a thing for explosions.
10/11/01
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