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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