![]() It adds a mystical element to the movie that keeps it from being a bland sci-fi venture, but also cheeses things up a bit (and don’t forget some of the dialog, which is stilted and cheesy to the max at times).īaldwin himself is a bit stiff as Gray, while Ming-Na Wen is actually spot on for Aki. The story isn’t anything to write home about, and recycles the ancient Gaia theory as it’s central premise, which is both a good and bad thing. There’s a lot of big name actors (for the 2000 era) putting their weight behind charaters, ranging from the fast talking Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin (best known for Roz Doyle of Frasier) and Alec Baldwin as Gray. But if that is put aside, the movie itself is still a lot of fun. Meaning that Aki and a romantic love interest soldier named Gray (Alec Baldwin) have to rush and find that 8th spirit before the general does something everyone will regret.įinal Fantasy: The Spirits Within is Final Fantasy in name only, and really only a title card letting everyone know that it was a Square Productions animation project. ![]() However, Hein is not to be trifled with and is looking for just the opening he needs to use the Zeus cannon and wipe everything off the planet for good. Sid and Aki manage to convince the council to hold off on Zeus in fear that it might damage the planet and rush to finish gathering the 8 “spirits” that Sid believes hold the key to creating a wave pattern parallel to the Phantoms energy signature. However, the rest of the human council, including General Hein (James Woods) think it’s ludicrous, and that using their highly advanced Zeus cannon fired into the heart of the Phantom base should eliminate them once and for all. Sid is convinced of the ancient Gaia theory, and that the Aliens are a spirit force similar to the energy signature of our very own planet. Sid (Donald Sutherland) are both scientists working to create an energy wave that will cancel out the energy signature of the invaders (given the name of phantoms due to their ability to pass through solid matter) and eliminate them once and for all. Humanity has hunkered down into energy field surrounded cities, creating weapons that can fight the unstoppable monsters. The aliens are made of pure energy and can suck the life out of a person just by touching them. Sometime in the future the Earth is under siege from alien invaders. But it is a fun sci-fi action romp that does a lot better than many of the other Sony CGI animated films (such as the Resident Evil or Starship Troopers animated films) taken from games. Is it a great Final Fantasy flick? Not in my personal opinion. Color me surprised but after putting my preconceptions down and taking a break from the subject matter I was able to look at the film in a new light. Years later it became one of the first Blu-rays on the market for Sony and one of their big demo discs in a time when most Blu-rays were barely moderate upgrades over the DVD counterparts (there’s a reason a lot of those 2007-2008 Blu-rays have all been re-done by the studios with remasters) and I remember forcing myself to revisit the movie. I was a sophomore in college and playing through Final Fantasy VII at the time on legacy consoles, and got a little butthurt that it was “Final Fantasy enough!” and instead chose to just take the name and a few character ideas and create it’s own unique story. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.I remember straight up HATING Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within back when it came out in 2001. ![]() You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. ![]() We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]()
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