Review – Renaissance

This French animation includes some of the most interesting architecture I’ve ever seen in a sci fi movie. The futuristic reinvention of Paris is fascinating stuff. Too bad nothing else in the movie comes close to matching it. The harsh black and white graphics are particularly annoying, reinforcing a lesson ably taught by the video game XIII years ago: it’s possible to be innovative and stylish without being good. The plot and characters are also strictly comic book crime drama. Perhaps something was lost in the translation. Still, oh those backdrops. Mildly amusing