Lady Death - The Motion Picture
Based on thecomic book seriesby Brian Pulido,Lady Deathexemplifies the ongoing cross-pollination between anime and the American film industry. Produced by Houston-based ADV Films,Lady Deathwas animated overseas in a style that suggests a cross betweenWicked Cityand a Boris Vallejo illustration. Hope, an innocent girl in medieval Sweden, discovers her father is Lucifer in disguise. She prays to him while being burned at the stake, then leads a revolt against him in the afterlife. Aided by Cremator, the former chief armorer of Hell, Hope takes the name Lady Death and crams her pneumatic figure into a miniscule bikini and thigh-high boots. The plot is a hopeless muddle and the dialogue unintentionally hilarious: "In all my days in Hell... I have never met a soul like you." A guilty pleasure for hormonal adolescent males,Lady Deathwill quickly alienate other viewers. (Rated age 17 and older: graphic violence, violence against women, grotesque imagery)--Charles Solomon