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Astro Boy
FROM an auspicious beginning in a 1951 Japanese manga comic book , Astro Boy has become firmly embedded in popular culture around the world.
This iconic figure takes flight in a shiny, computer-animated adventure directed by David Bowers, with a simple storyline that puts a futuristic spin on the classic tale of Pinocchio.
Blessed with slick animation and some frenetically orchestrated action sequences, Astro Boy has plenty of eye-popping thrills for younger viewers, including a climactic showdown.
Regrettably, director Bowers and his animators seem more interested in technical might than emotion, sacrificing characterisation for another deafening explosion.
A surfeit of peripheral characters, including talking robots and street kids, really exposes the weaknesses in Bowers and Timothy Hyde Harris’ script.
Reviewed: Fri, 05 February, 2010
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