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Studio: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: Sep 17, 2004
Running Time: 106 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Famous scientists around the world have mysteriously disappeared and "Chronicle" reporter Polly Perkins, and ace aviator Sky Captain, are both on the investigation. Risking their lives as they travel to exotic places around the world, can the fearless duo stop Dr. Totenkopf, the evil mastermind behind a plot to destroy the earth? Aided by Franky Cook, commander of an all-female amphibious squadron, and technical genius Dex, Polly and Sky Captain may be our planet's only hope.
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Sky Captain
Polly Perkins
Mysterious Woman
Kaji
Franky
Editor Paley
Dr Jennings
Dr Vargas
Creepy
Dex
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reviews
PETER TRAVERS -
September 16, 2004
Kerry Conran, computer geek turned first-time writer and director, puts actors in front of a blank screen and fills in the rest digitally. Problem One: The actors, including Jude Law as Sky Captain and Gwyneth Paltrow as his sassy reporter-love, look lost. Only Angelina Jolie, as an eye-patched pilot, doesn't seem to mind as the star of two Lara Croft epics, she's used to acting in a vacuum. Problem Two: The plot is a World War II-era cut-and-paste job that raids Steven Spielberg's Lost Ark and
In this retro sci-fi, His Girl Friday meets War of the Worlds. While the film is an artistic feat, its story just isn't as gripping as its fantastically composed shots. Like Sky Captain's P-40 Warhawk, it runs out of gas and sputters in the most inopportune places. Story In 1930s New York, Chronicle investigative reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) gets a lead on a story she's been covering about prominent scientists from around the world who are mysteriously disappearing. When Manhattan is
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