The first true comic-book movie, even though it is based on an original story, this wildly inventive adventure from novice writer-director Kerry Conran captures the way that adolescent art form looks and, especially, feels. The actors – including Jude Law as a pilot battling giant robots circa 1939 and Gwyneth Paltrow as a plucky reporter – are about the only live-action elements in the picture. Everything else consists of computer-generated imagery, allowing Conran to create a retro-futuristic universe as visually dynamic as anything in a comic book’s pages.
