Technology has generally walked a few steps behind Hironobu Sakaguchi's vision. The creator of Final Fantasy has cultivated his notions of far-away lands and epic characters through a series of game releases, but even the remarkably beautiful Final Fantasy X has faced various technological roadblocks. But finally, it seems that Sakaguchi has found a medium that is able to cater to his grandiose methods of storytelling. In Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Sakaguchi and the team at Square Pictures have created a cutting-edge visual masterpiece, which at times is so exquisitely detailed that it compels the audience to remind themselves that the onscreen characters are only a collection of polygons and hand-drawn textures.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is set in the mid-21st century, when a large meteor has crashed on Earth, leaving much of the planet in ruins. An invading race of aliens, who are able to extract human souls and leave the bodies lifeless, have sprung forth from the meteor and are depleting the remaining human habitats. A group of American scientists, headed by the film's lead character, Aki Ross (voiced by Ming Na), and Dr. Sid (Donald Sutherland) may have found a way to stop the alien menace known as Phantoms and have enlisted the help of the Deep Eyes Squad, a special-ops military unit headed by Captain Gray Edwards (Alec Baldwin). Meanwhile, the maniacal General Hein (James Woods) believes that the only way to rid Earth of the alien presence is to fire an ultra-powerful space cannon, destroying the Phantoms and Earth's remaining habitats with it. From this point, Aki and her crew must stop the Phantom invasion and prevent General Hein from destroying Earth. All the while, through her dreams--shown in a highly stylistic manner in the film--Aki must discover the true path to achieve Earth's restoration.
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