Paris, 2042: a dark Rotoscope world of shadows and right angles. Ilona Tasuiev (Romola Garai), a brilliant young scientist, is kidnapped, and her employer, Avalon, a major health and beauty corporation, wants her found. Karas (Daniel Craig), a jaded police captain, is assigned to find her, fast. He seeks help from her sister, Bislane (Catherine McCormack), and they are soon uncovering identify theft, missing files, and hints that something back in 2006 may explain what's going on. Ilona's mentor, Avalon's vice president, a Japanese researcher, an underworld boss, and Bislane's drug connection all figure in the mix. So does an attraction between Karas and Bislane.
This has won two awards and was released in July 2006 and is the second film by director Christian Volckman. The strength of the visual style is reminiscent of comic book adaptations and takes a little getting use to, but then the audience is drawn into the plot.
Although I like the unusual style and recognise the work and effort going into the making of this film, the story wasn't particularly strong and some of the facial expressions were lost in the rotoscoping process.
