An example of Japanese
mecha animation (a genre devoted to robots and armored fighting suits), PATLABOR follows a squad of police who use mobile armored suits to combat out-of-control construction machines which are rapidly laying waste to Tokyo. Exceptional animation cannot overcome a
confusing plotline overstuffed with exposition and technical jargon.
In 1999 Tokyo, the Mobile Police Force is confronted by an increasing number of rogue Labors, manned construction machines which ignore their operators' control and rampage through the streets. The machines are being used on sites of new development and are stored on a massive man-made floating
island cal...
Released:
1989
Rated:
NR
Length:
118 mins