Don't Blow Off Steam; Steamboy Hisses at American Foreign Policy; Steamboy

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The plot fumbles at times, but [Katsuhiro Otomo]'s script remains focused on the hope that one day, decent people will again use science to help rather than hurt people. Steamboy is a thoughtful and exciting film that goes above and beyond the scope, message and quality of most animated features, making it a worthy follow-up to Otomo's masterpiece. Featuring machinery, weapons and technology unavailable in the film's 19th century setting, Otomo has created a futuristic past that is as visually dazzling as it is relevant to today's political climate, but after seeing the film, its message, above all else, is what truly resonates.

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Don't Blow Off Steam; Steamboy Hisses at American Foreign Policy; Steamboy

Writer-director Katsuhiro Otomo's first animated feature since 1988's ground-breaking Akira tells the story of a young inventor named Ray Steam (Anna Paquin), a boy living ...

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