Cuts deeper than you would expect

Not a light disposable throw away young girl with sword slaying the bad guys type film. This is dark violent and more thought provoking than you may think. Cool stylish visuals mix with a fantastic concept. A totalitarian state that is never seen only glimpsed; just enough is seen to suggest it is much like the modern world that the viewer lives in.

The unusual setting allows the film to have a mixture of styles and reminds me of Ryuhei Kitamura films such as Azumi and Versus but this has more to say for itself and has a subtext that parallels the world and its problems today all rapped up in a film about age old ideals of love, loss, betrayal, and belonging.