Description:In Treasure Town, life can be both peaceful and violent. This is never truer than for our heroes, Black and White - two street kids who claim to traverse the urban city as if it were their own. But in this town, an undercurrent of evil exists and has its sights set on the pair of brothers, forcing them to engage in battle with an arraIn Treasure Town, life can be both peaceful and violent. This is never truer than for our heroes, Black and White - two street kids who claim to traverse the urban city as if it were their own. But in this town, an undercurrent of evil exists and has its sights set on the pair of brothers, forcing them to engage in battle with an array of old-world Yakuza as well as dangerous assassins vying to rule the decaying metropolis, Treasure Town.
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"5th January, from hard drive
An amazing audiovisual experience, but a lackluster narrative achievement. Tekkonkinkreet is a technical marvel with a beautiful and varied color-palette, great blending of traditional and computer animation and it has just the right amount of high-paced action. With that said, the story is not gripping enough for me to recommend this. There isn't really enough meat to the product apart from the relationship of the two brothers and even that isn't done as well as I "
"'Tekkonkinkreet' is a gritty, gripping, beautifully stylised story of two homeless orphans, Kuro and Shiro (Black and White) who help each other survive on the streets of Treasure Town. Despite the magical sound of that plot description, 'Tekkonkinkreet' is actually a violent, sometimes gloomy, fast-paced thriller which makes great use of its distinctive artwork (clearly the work of Studio 4°c, who also made 'Mind Game') to create a world of its own. The heart of the film is the relationship "
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"Directors: Michael Arias
Date watched: 2nd September 2012
Watched before?: No, first watch.
Thoughts: It was ok. Didn't truly feel engaged with it though."
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