Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Suman Roberson It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Jordache Wee Renaissance is not your typical animation. A simple black and white like Sin City with specific bright colors for a specific item. A combination of The Matrix animation + Sin City + A Scanner Darkly makes the film interesting. Excellent dark and bloody plot too.According to Wikipedia, the producers used motion capture and computer graphics to create the film's unique look.The cast performed their scenes in motion-capture suits in front of a blue screen. Computer animators translated these animations to digital models used for the characters.The animated characters were placed in three-dimensional computer backdrops, with post-process effects added to achieve the film's final look.French automaker Citroën designed a car specially for the film, imagining what a Citroën might look like in 2054.The film cost 14 million € to make over six years. It was funded by Disney with 3 million USD provided from Miramax.The year is 2054, Ilona Tasuiev (Viriginie Mery/Romola Garai), a young female scientist who worked for a megalomaniac corporation called Avalon was kidnapped.Thus, Avalon corporation puts pressure on Barthélémy Karas (Patrick Floersheim/Daniel Craig)- a policeman who specialized in abductions, to find her alive as soon as possible.Karas is a moody and violent police specializing in kidnapping cases shows a boundless selflessness and also to the extend of which he sometimes breaking the police code.The key to his obsession with finding missing people lies mysterious somewhere in his past. And he is the only person who is in charge of finding Ilona's whereabouts.However, the mission gets more dangerous and important when other people tries to get to her first.Ilona is an intelligent young woman is involved in a conspiracy where she has found the secret to immortality.Karas recalls a conversation with Dr. Jonas Muller (Marc Cassot/Ian Holm) and Dr. Nakata (Robert Watson Barr) on the mistake they made when he found how the disappearance of the young children is somehow related to the secret project for immortality known as "The Renaissance Protocol".

Desertman84 Renaissance is a black-and-white animated science fiction film that features a rare visual style in which almost all images are exclusively black and white, with only occasional color used for detail.It centers on a policeman investigating the kidnapping of a scientist who holds the key to eternal life in a futuristic Paris.It has an English cast led by Daniel Craig together with Catherine McCormack,Romola Garai and Jonathan Pryce; and a French cast that includes Patrick Floersheim,Laura Blanc,Virginie Mery and Gabriel Le Doze.It mixes Blade Runner aesthetics with stark, Sin City-style visuals, Renaissance was filmed using motion- capture animation and features extravagant production design by Alfred Frazzani. French director Christian Volckman was at helm for this film.In the labyrinthine streets of 21st century Paris, where every move is monitored and ever action recorded, a mysterious kidnapping sets into motion a catastrophic series of events that could ultimately prove the downfall of civilization. The year is 2054, and the Avalon Corporation has securely woven its way into every aspect of modern living by making youth and beauty the most valued commodity around. Troubles arise in the City of Lights when a high-profile scientist named Ilona is kidnapped, and policeman Barthélémy Karas is assigned the task of solving the case. As his investigation leads Karas down a menacing path where death lurks around every bend, he soon discovers that events that took place in 2006 have cast a dark shadow over the future of humankind.The film attempts to blend sci-fi wonder with stark noir animation, but is often more fun to look at than to watch. It's a testament to the production design that one quickly gets caught up in the story without ever completely losing the "ooh-ahh" factor. Ominous, wall-to-wall music bolsters the appropriately uneasy mood, and the bittersweet conclusion is satisfying. The picture is visually stark and isolated compositions, spiked with high contrast menace, are impressive in their artistic detail. However, the perfunctory plot is rather average .It is a fusion of crime clichés and dystopian futurism, if not exactly original, is nonetheless vigorously engaging.

Imdbidia Renaissance is a French-UK-Luxembourg motion-capture animation movie whose story revolves about Detective Karas' investigation to find a kidnapped young scientist working for the Avalon Corporation. It is Paris, year 2054.Renaissance is a detective sci-fi thriller, with a visual style strongly based on classic detective comics, film-noir and German expressionist movies. The film is very artistic, with great dynamic action scenes, and superb lighting, shadowing and texturing. The atmosphere is great, as well as the music. The recreation of Paris in the future is completely believable, as the city still looks like modern Paris, but projected and transformed according to urban development and organisation of the space that have futuristic verisimilitude. The emotional drawing of the characters is good, and it has depth, and the story is intriguing enough. What is more, it poses some interesting questions to the viewer: Is life meaningless without death? Is murder excusable if, by murdering someone, you save humanity from an uncertain future? If the answer is yes, who decides that the future is already written and a person is responsible for it? Despite everything, the movie never lifts up and, despite being a thriller, it is never thrilling enough. All the characters seem lot lack human warmth, despite the story having warmth in it, and that's the result of the poor performances of the actors lending their voices to the characters, especially Daniel Craig, who destroys Karas's character with his dull lazy dubbing. On the other hand, there are too many clichés in the story, from the cigarettes to the femme-fatale/cop affair, to the evil-good approach, while the interesting philosophical questions are never truly explored with seriousness or the challenges of the near future either. Being so, the viewer finds difficult connecting with the characters, despite enjoying the animation or being intrigued about the fate of the kidnapped girl.Renaissance is marvellous from the animation point of view, but the story struggles to grab the viewer's attention. Still has wonderful elements, and is worth watching, even if it is only for its visuals.

TermlnatriX There's about 25 years worth of inspiration packed into it. Beginning with existential themes of Blade Runner, as well as the vision of the future - with corporate billboards advertising their products, to the technology of the later Matrix films and Spielberg's A.I., and finally the black and white graphic novel look similar in style of Sin City. The creators have put in a lot of effort in the visual department and the outcome is a well crafted future neo-noir. Add a detective story and you've got an interesting film. I know what it wanted to be, but regardless of the stunning visuals, it wasn't enough to get it to the final destination.