Synopsis
Compelled by a mysterious force, Kaena, a rebellious, high-spirited teenage girl will defy the High Priest and her people's ancestral beliefs to take the perilous journey through the Axis and discover what dark secrets lie beyond the clouds.
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Cast
- Kirsten DunstKaena (english voice)
- Cécile de FranceKaena (french voice)
- Richard HarrisOpaz (english voice)
- Michael LonsdaleOpaz (french voice)
- Anjelica HustonQueen of the Selenites (english voice)
- Victoria AbrilQueen of the Selenites (french voice)
- Keith DavidVoxem (english voice)
- François SienerVoxem (french voice)
- Michael McShaneAssad (english voice)
- Jean-Michel FarcyAssad (french voice)
Recommendations
- 63
New York Daily News
This sci-fi fantasy doesn't exactly make sense, but it sure looks cool. - 63
New York Post
Visually stunning. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Has the distinctive Heavy Metal magazine meets "The Neverending Story" (1984) vibe of Euro-science-fiction comics, complete with ponderous philosophical noodling, weirdly whimsical aliens and seriously creepy creature sex. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
It's a standard science-fantasy fable, but the visual effects are mighty impressive. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
Originally conceived as a videogame, Kaena is now, instead, a creamy-colored yet derivative sci-fi fantasy with a few rip-offs so blatant (''The Empire Strikes Back,'' ''Alien,'' etc.) that even kiddie fans not yet mentally agile enough to make sense of the loopy plot could pick them out. - 50
L.A. Weekly
If Kaena's alternate universe isn't nearly as fully realized as "antastic Planet'," the 3-D imagery is often gloriously turbocharged. - 50
Los Angeles Times
There are moments in Kaena that are absorbing, but too much of the time it simply becomes tedious. - 40
Village Voice
No "Triplets of Belleville," this French animated feature was hatched as an idea for a video game, and it shows.
