
Axis, a gigantic coiling plant, stretches high above the clouds. At its center, is a village whose people are in mortal danger, because Axis is withering, it's sap is drying up. The people beg their gods for help, but to no avail. Compelled by a mysterious force, Kaena, a rebellious, high-spirited teenage girl, will defy the High Priest and her people's ancestral beliefs, to take the perilous journey through the Axis and discover what dark secrets lie beyond the clouds. A dyi... (Full plot summary below)
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Axis, a gigantic coiling plant, stretches high above the clouds. At its center, is a village whose people are in mortal danger, because Axis is withering, it's sap is drying up. The people beg their gods for help, but to no avail. Compelled by a mysterious force, Kaena, a rebellious, high-spirited teenage girl, will defy the High Priest and her people's ancestral beliefs, to take the perilous journey through the Axis and discover what dark secrets lie beyond the clouds. A dying world, an evil force, a terrible secret.
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| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekThe images are opulent but the story's an incoherent bore. |
| Dallas Morning NewsAngela ShahSimplistic writing and one-dimensional characters do in this animation film. |
| OregonianMarc MohanClumsily animated feature; probably better as a video game than as a movie. |
| FilmStew.comLarry CarrollWith George Lucas' lawyers eager to justify undoubtedly Jabba-sized retainers, writer-director Delaporte may want to start the tie selection now for his court appearance. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThere are moments in Kaena that are absorbing, but too much of the time it simply becomes tedious. |
| New York PostJonathan ForemanThe film's plot, themes and dialogue are markedly less inspired and original than its imagery. |
| Village VoiceMark HolcombNo "Triplets of Belleville," this French animated feature was hatched as an idea for a video game, and it shows. |
| NewsdayJan StuartThe folks who go in for this sort of Asimov-ian blather will probably contort themselves reading allegorical meaning into it all. The folks who don't will drift off to sleep. |
| TV GuideMaitland McDonaghHas the distinctive Heavy Metal magazine meets "The Neverending Story" (1984) vibe of Euro-science-fiction comics, complete with ponderous philosophical noodling, weirdly whimsical aliens and seriously creepy creature sex. |
| New York TimesDave KehrHas no local cultural history behind it. Its secondhand imagery and ideas seem to have barely involved its makers; it definitely does not involve its audience. |