A wonderfully imaginative and action-packed animated adventure

Rating: Null/10 (6 February 2010)

This Japanese animation from the creative mind of Hayao Miyazaki is an action-packed adventure. It seems to take place in a version of the early 1900s where aviation technology is very common. Miyazaki's imagination offers us an amazing adventure, with enormous air ships, sky pirates on insectlike speeders, giant robots, courageous characters, some breathtaking scenery, and an ancient floating kingdom.
A young girl is being chased by a clan of treasure-seeking pirates as well as government military forces. The girl, in possession of a mysterious stone that holds the secrets of an advanced civilization, meets a heroic young boy who risks everything to protect her. Action waits around every corner. Each sequence seems to open a new gateway of wonder.
A great animated adventure. There is some violence, but it should still be a great movie for kids