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Armitage III: Poly Matrix

1996 · 92 min

A moody cyberpunk noir that moves fast through neon-lit Martian streets, mixing detective tension with existential unease.

Directed by: Takuya Sato, Hiroyuki Ochi
Genres: Animation, Science fiction, Thriller
Starring: Elizabeth Berkley, Kiefer Sutherland, Dan Woren

Overview: Ross Sylibus is assigned to a police unit on a Martian colony, to find that women are being murdered by a psychotic named D'anclaude. He is assigned a very unorthodox partner named Naomi Armitage, who seems to have links to the victims. To stir things up more, every victim is found to be an illegally made third-generation android.

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Directed by: Takuya Sato, Hiroyuki Ochi
Genres: Animation, Science fiction, Thriller
Starring: Elizabeth Berkley, Kiefer Sutherland, Dan Woren

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
crime
isolation
technology
justice
Places: space
big city
Era: far-future
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	6
Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	3
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: animation, science fiction, thriller
Directed by: Takuya Sato, Hiroyuki Ochi, Satoshi Saga, Yukio Okamoto
Written by: Akinori Endo, Chiaki J. Konaka
Starring: Elizabeth Berkley, Kiefer Sutherland, Dan Woren, Wanda Nowicki, Mike Reynolds, Bryan Cranston, Stephen Apostolina, Barry Stigler
Music: Hiroyuki Namba
Cinematography: Hisao Shirai
Runtime: 92 min
Country: United States of America, Japan
Languages: English

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