“1939年、ニューヨーク、巨大ロボット襲撃ー。”
1939年、ニューヨーク万国博覧会の年。ＮＹクロニクル紙の敏腕新聞記者ポリー・パーキンスは、著名な科学者が連続して失踪している事件の調査に、独自で乗り出していた。そんな彼女の目に信じられない光景が飛び込んでくる。世界中の大都市に奇妙な巨大ロボット軍団が飛来し人間を襲い始めた。
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製作費: $70,000,000 (105億円)
興行収入: $57,958,696 (87億円)
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監督: Kerry Conran
脚本: Kerry Conran
音楽: Edward Shearmur
制作: Sadie Frost / Bill Haber / ジュード・ロウ
撮影監督: Eric Adkins
制作会社: Filmauro / Brooklyn Films II / Riff Raff Entertainment / Blue Flower
When some eminent scientists start to go missing, journalist “Polly” (Gwyneth Paltrow) finds herself embroiled in a plot that seems to involve some enormous great robots and, of course, the end of the world as we know it. She becomes even more convinced when “Dr. Jennings” (Trevor Baxter) gives her what snippets he knows about the scheme - and that may well centre around the long-absent and enigmatic “Totenkopf”. Pretty much out of her depth, she seeks the help of her ex “Joe” (aka “Sky Captain” - Jude Law) and with the help of his right hand man “Dex” (Giovanni Ribisi) tries to find the source of these increasingly audacious robots - both the walking and the flying kind, and hopefully thwart a master plan about they (and we) know little about. When “Dex” is kidnapped, they have to elicit the help of “Franky” (Angelina Jolie) and her amazing, Union Jack-sporting, airborne warship and soon find themselves deep amidst the snowy Himalayas where they think “Totenkopf” has his lair. Now I did like the look of this film. It reminded me a little of the old “Flash Gordon” escapade-driven serials from the 1930s, filmed in a slightly tinted monochrome with plenty of action and hammy performances augmented stylishly by quite an exciting range of versatile gadgets and whole scale destruction that ensues before denouement delivers it’s admittedly fairly predictable conclusion. It is a bit long and perhaps the less said about some of the dialgue the better, but it’s my kind of boy’s own adventure and I did quite enjoy it.
