Well done, all the way around!

Rating: 10/10 (1 April 2005)

This movie was a real surprise, for me. Frankly, I expected another comic-book knockoff - a sort of ho-hum live anime sort of thing.
But this was exceptional, from the story line, to the casting, to the green-screen sequences. Using narration voice-overs, the movie retained much of the character of the film-noir classics of the 1940's, but with more action and more of an adult feel, and definitely right for this time period.
It was refreshing to see a movie that caused me to keep thinking about it, even after the popcorn was gone and the theater was only a dot in the rear view mirror.
One outcome of having seen this film is that I now intend to buy the graphic novel from which this was adapted and perhaps go through the series.
On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give this a "WOW!"