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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 60
    The Hollywood Reporter |

    The film has enough originality to interest demanding fans of the genre. Read full review

  • 60
    Variety |

    Craft connoisseurs won't be disappointed with the splendidly executed result. However, everyone else is likely to wonder what the fuss about given the plot's dated cyborgs-and-supercomputers hijinks. Read full review

  • 50
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    Only real fans, however, will be willing to slog through the heaping helpings of incomprehensible exposition. Read full review

  • 50
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Carrie Rickey

    The characters are (hand-painted) so flat that the film looks like a paper-doll convention at Epcot. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Dana Stevens

    While there are some genuinely dazzling moments of visual bravura, the marriage of flatness and depth that Mr. Aramaki attempts doesn't quite work. Read full review

  • 50
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    At this point, there's something almost masochistic about the way animators in Japan use cheesy ''Westernized'' heroes to fuel their fantasies. Read full review

  • 40
    The Onion A.V. Club | Tasha Robinson

    Its busy, stiff, artificial graphics are a perfect match for its busy, stiff, artificial plot. A simple Shirow pinup parade might almost be preferable. Read full review

  • 40
    L.A. Weekly | David Chute

    The film's snazzy new automated animation style falls short: The supposedly human face of our metal-plated robocop's partner -- the inevitable curvy female in a leather jump suit -- is an inexpressive, glossy doll mask, untouched by human hands. Read full review

  • 40
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    Dazzling visually but is flattened by corny dialogue better suited to the 1936 "Flash Gordon" serial, a needlessly hard to follow plot and heavy-handed exposition clotted with pseudo-scientific mumbo jumbo. Read full review

  • 25
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    Held back by a story and script that is often silly and confusing. Read full review

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