Steamboy (PG)

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
With the voices of: Patrick Stewart, Alfred Molina, Anna Paquin
Japan, 2004, 1 hour 44 minutes, dubbed

Set in Victorian Britain, when a young inventor comes into possession of the immensely powerful ‘steam ball’ he has to keep one step ahead of various baddies who want to use the invention to manufacture weapons. Full of arresting sequences of retro-futuristic gadgetry and superbly designed, this is an eye-popping spectacle.

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