Korean director Moon Sang Kim's derivative science-fiction feature puts a gorgeous mix of CGI and traditional animation at the service of a cliched race-to-save-the-future tale wrapped around a sappy love triangle. The year is 2142 and ecological disaster has permanently blackened the sky. The world is pelted by toxic rain and mankind is divided into Haves and Have Nots. The Haves live in Ecoban, a self-contained city whose energy needs are catered to by the Have Nots — "Diggers," they're called disdainfully — who live in the blighted Wasteland and mine the carbonite that keeps Ecoban bright and beautiful and the sky hidden behind a pall of pollution. "Ever...
Released:
2003
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins