When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link between the global robot attacks and missing men, Sky Captain and Polly decide to work together. They fly to the Himalayas in pursuit of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots.
Tibetan Standard, Tibetan, Central, German, English
Budget:
$70,000,000
Revenue:
$57,958,696
Awards:
8 wins & 19 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Generally speaking, I'm not a big fan of style-over- substance movies, but this one is so gorgeous that it's possible to become literally lost in the richness of the images.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
19 Sep 2004
fresh:
His nostalgia enabled by technology, Conran takes the ghosts in his machine seriously, and the results appear at once meltingly lovely and intriguingly inhuman.
– Ed Park,
Village Voice,
21 Sep 2004
fresh:
Such an interestingly silly movie that I found myself idly wondering what particular audience was being targeted with its peculiar conceits and infinitude of special effects.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
1 Oct 2004
rotten:
The clincher is how the actors are reduced to puppets and ciphers; Paltrow straight-jacketed in her Hildy Johnson-style two-piece and the evidently bored Law reduced throughout half the movie to giving the gimlet eye through flying goggles.
– Wally Hammond,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
This debut feature by Kerry Conran is a triumph not only for its technical mastery but for its good taste.