• Starring: Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law
  • Summary: Famous scientists around the world have mysteriously disappeared, and reporter Polly Perkins (Paltrow) along with ace aviator Sky Captain (Law) are on the investigation. Risking their lives as they travel to exotic places around the world, can the fearless duo stop Dr. Totenkopf, the evil mastermind behind a plot to destroy the earth? Aided by Frankie Cook (Jolie), commander of an all-female amphibious squadron, and technical genius Dex (Ribisi), Polly and Sky Captain may be our planet's only hope. (Paramount) Expand
  • Director: Kerry Conran
  • Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller
  • Rating: PG
  • Runtime: 106 min
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 36
  2. Negative: 2 out of 36
  1. 100
    In its heedless energy and joy, it reminded me of how I felt the first time I saw "Raiders of the Lost Ark." It's like a film that escaped from the imagination directly onto the screen, without having to pass through reality along the way.
  2. 50
    It's a gimmick, it's not a movie.
  3. Like so many technological marvels, at the human level it's not only merely dead, it's really most sincerely dead.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 89
  2. Negative: 37 out of 89
  1. Alistair
    9
    I love this movie. I have to admit it's main appeal is visual with the wonderful sci-fi deco retro design. The opening sequences with the berthing of the Hindenberg in the snow are beautiful. The scatter-gun plot captures the feel of classic 30s/40s movie serials (the same ground that Star Wars mined so successfully) well. Sure its a bit silly but it's a great achievement. This is the way of the futrure: marries the capabilities of CGI with human actors. Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. LedleyK.
    3
    Thank you guys for giving this movie a 3. It was an abination yes, not not a total abomination. But I cant get pass the abomination part. Paltrow was sooooooo annoying. I just hated every single word that came out of her mouth, and the Movie is sooo Generic and so lifeless, you never care about the characters, you never wonder if they are in danger or not. In the first scene when they were being chased by the bat planes, they were having a good time and making a joke of it. Those guys arent even afraid of Giant robots. When Jude law ran over to that robot and pushed it down after shooting it in the leg. I spit out my sprite. I mean, how the hell could he do that. It was so fricken comical it wasnt even funny. Anyway, Somebody here mentioned to see the Indiana Jones movies again. Please do that instead of watching this. Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  3. MoeL.
    0
    One can only appreciate this film if one has a smooth brain and breathes exclusively from the mouth.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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