There are 3 reasons to watch cyberpunk animated film: the story, the animation, the gear. Christian Volckman’s Rennaissance is all about the gear.
Rennaissance starts very slowly. The first 45 minutes are all backstory, with just enough cool tech gear to keep you wondering when the story will actually get interesting. It does, at the hour marker. And the Frank Miller-esque stark black and white animation – often too dark to make out what’s going on – makes it a struggle to reach that point.
In fact, just watch the last 45 minutes, you’ll end the movie with some ethical issues to discuss. Not just happy that it’s over and wondering why it took so long.
My brother’s comment: “the animation isn’t very good, but every frame is beautiful.”
I tried watching this yesterday and think I actually got up to do something outside at about that 45 minute mark. I think I’ll have to sit down and actually focus on it to tough it out past that point.