It's the 21st century. Crime is rampant and an elite police force known as the
Hardcorps is the people's only defense. The cybernetically-enhanced Colonel
John Blade leads the Hardcorps.
On one assignment though, Blade's team-mate JC gets assimilated by a monstrous
creature on a rampage. Blade and co. succeed in stopping the monster but are
also forced to kill JC in the process.
Mysterious kidnappings and gruesome murders suddenly plague the city... and
the key to it all seems to lie with a little girl named Elyse. But the
illustrious SinCorp led by the seductive Elexis Sinclaire is also after
Elyse...
Review: SiN The Movie
I had a hard time concentrating on SiN the Movie. The plot is simple enough,
but the way the story jumps from one point to another makes it difficult to
keep focused. It doesn't help that I watched the dubbed version either. Having
subtitles to read would have made it a lot easier to follow what's going on.
SiN can be likened to a bad mix of Robocop
(except that Col. John Blade isn't that robotic) and Resident Evil. The
antagonist Elexis Sinclaire is a wealthy and powerful woman, with a whole
business empire behind her. Conveniently enough, she's also a brilliant
biochemist, and so she goes about engineering these bio-weapon-esque
monstrosities for the "evolution of mankind".
Don't ask me, I don't see
how turning into something so hideous can represent further evolution.
Anyways, Elexis is pretty deranged
(as most brilliant scientists in anime go) so there's no point in
trying to understand her rationale.
SiN features a lot of action and violence, and the gore factor is pretty high
-- blood, guts, bones... the works! There's also no obvious effort at
characterization. Blade's background is shady, much more so the supporting
characters'. Some of them just pop up with no explanation. Elexis is probably
the most developed character, and yet even she doesn't possess that much
depth.
The art and animation are comprised of a mish-mash of 2D cel animation and 3D
computer animation. The result is, well, a whole lot of scenes that don't fit
very well together.
Sin tries to be high-tech by switching to full 3D mode and incorporating 3D
graphics in 2D scenes whenever it can. The problem is, the scene transitions
are extremely awkward and only succeed in achieving a half-baked and cheesy
effect for the whole film.
The characters are drawn quite nicely though. The music is surprisingly very
good, even if it doesn't really match what's onscreen. The English dubbing
doesn't sport any major problems either. Overall, this is something I don't
recommend you buy... playing Resident Evil is a million times better.
Miscellanies: SiN The Movie
For an excellent blend of action, 2D, and 3D, see Blue Submarine No. 6
instead.
Sin: The Movie | |
| Genre | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Supernatural |
|---|---|
| Episodes | 1 |
| Status | Finished Airing |
| Aired | Oct 24, 2000 |
| Producers | - |
| Studio | Phoenix Entertainment |
| Rating | R - 17+ (violence & profanity) |
| Themes | Detective |
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