9

(Spoiler Alert!!!) Sup, this is Slim. I just saw the latest Shane Acker film, 9, released September 9, 2009. I thought 9 was going to be action packed, with tons of great fight scenes, but I was let down. Even though the graphics were spectacular, it lacked in action, and that awesome vibe that you got from the trailer.

The movie starts out with 9 (voiced by Elijah Wood) coming to life, in world that has been trashed, and, from what I could tell, terminated of human existence. As he goes exploring, a mechanical beast starts to track him down. He then runs into 2 (voiced by Martin Landau), who gives him a voice and saves him from the mechanical beast, getting himself captured. 5 (voiced by John C. Reilly) spots 9 from a church tower and brings him back to the church. There, 9 meets 1 (voiced by Christopher Plummer), 8 (voiced by Fred Tatasciore), and 6 (voiced by Crispin Glover). 9, after trying to convince 1 that they should go and save 2, talks 5 into sneaking out with him to go rescue their friend. While in the din of the mechanical beast, they run into 7 (voiced by Jennifer Connelly) who kills the beast just as they're about to be captured. As they're about to leave the din, 9 ,using a mechanical piece, reawakens a machine that kills 2. The three of them (5, 7, and 9) escape and meat up with 3 and 4 (twins who can't speak) to learn about the machine that had been reawaken. They learn that the machine was created by the scientist that had created them, but the machine was taken over by the military and was forced to make war machines. The war machines eventually turned on the human raise, wiping out everyone and almost destroying everything. 9 then realizes that he must turn off the machine and save his friends before they are all killed.

The graphics were awesome. The explosions, the fight scenes, and the characters were all amazingly realistic. Some things that I thought could have been changed or added where the personalities of the characters. They all seemed to be awesome kick-butt heroes in the trailer, but in the movie all of them, with the exception of 7, reverted to running and hiding. Another thing that I would have added would be more information. I can't recall if they ever explained what the sack people were and what they were supposed to do in the first place. But other than that, I really liked this movie and look forward to buying it on DVD.