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I liked this movie. No, I really liked this movie. It reminded me of something I would have seen on the Independent Film Channel on some lazy Sunday afternoon. A*LI*C*E is about a young girl from the year 2000 who is sucked thirty years into the future on her trip to the moon. Alice finds that the future is anything but wonderful. The world has changed tremendously. One man by the name of Nero has built a supercomputer that has taken over the world. Mysteriously the world went from the whopping five billion in 2000 to a mere one billion in 2030.
To top things off, A*LI*C*E finds out she is wanted by Nero's henchman, and a group that opposes him. Why she would be their subject of their hunt is beyond her. But it becomes apparent the A*LI*C*E is somehow connected with Nero and his supercomputer. A*LI*C*E luckily has some companions to help her; a boy named Yuan and her flight attendant from the moon mission named Mary. Alice names her that because of her uncanny resemblance to a statue of Mary the Mother of Jesus A*LI*C*E had seen once.
A*LI*C*E was CG-animated. The film was directed by Maejima Kenichi known for the work Galactic Heroes and written by the famed creator of Shenmue for the Dreamcast unit, Toshimoto Masahiro. If I tell you anymore about the movie I will be giving it away the whole story! I wish I could see it again, but I do not know where to get it, or when it is being released. So if any of you know any additional information on this picture let me know so that I can share the good word! Contact me at JenniferJ@ybfree.com.