Tuesday 21 April 2015

Flying pig

Porco Rosso (1992)

Directed Hayao Miyazaki this film based on the manga “Hikotei Jidai” has English voice acting from Michael Keaton, Cary Elwes and Susan Egan. A WW1 pilot's survivor's guilt has turned him into a pig and he spends his time hunting air pirates for money in the Adriatic.

There is plenty of action and humour along the way in this slightly bizarre film about a man turned into a pig by his own guilt. I am not sure the film ever really explores the idea of survivor's guilt fully but is an entertaining watch through out. The animation is good but I found Michael Keaton's voice acting for the title role a little uninteresting.


3/5

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