Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic
Screenplay:
Brandon AumanCinematography:
Eiji AraiCast:
Mark Hamill, Grey Griffin, Graham McTavish, Victoria Tennant, Amanda Chism, Greg Ellis, Nicholas Guest, Vanessa Marshall, Kevin Michael Richardson (more)VOD (1)
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Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. Crusader Dante returns home to discover that his beloved Beatrice has been murdered, and her soul dragged into Hell. Refusing to give her up, he steals Death's scythe and chases after her... into the Inferno. Loosely based on the first part of 'The Divine Comedy', the animation segments in Dante's Inferno represent a Who's Who of major animation talent in Japan, Korea and the United States. (Anchor Bay)
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A renaissance classic mixed with anime, a fantasy action flick with liters of fake blood. What might sound only somewhat suspect at first glance ends up as a failed experiment. Since I have neither the hardcore video game source material or Alighieri's classic work behind me, I put my trust in the movie and got burnt badly. The story can be summed up in two sentences, and the dialogue is ear-piercing as it attempts to set a world record for the most frequent use of the words "Dante", "Beatrice", and "forgive." The animation is indeed more than pleasant to look at, but when from the fifth to the last minute I end up watching fight, fight, melodramatic scream, and fight, it becomes quite a challenge not to wish for the main hero's death at the hands of the nearest demon. The hell in the title unexpectedly serves as foreshadowing of what awaits you.
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