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Avalon

Play trailer Poster for Avalon R,  2001,  1h 46m,  Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 83% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 73% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
83% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 73% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
In the future a female warrior (Małgorzata Foremniak) enters a virtual-reality game where there is only one way to win.

Critics Reviews

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Derek Elley Variety Oct 18, 2008
Neither an out-and-out actioner nor a fully realized study of the psychology of games-playing, pic is still reasonably diverting Go to Full Review
J. Hoberman Village Voice Dec 30, 2003
Among other things, Avalon may be the first movie that uses contemporary Poland as a special effect. Go to Full Review
Jamie Russell BBC.com Oct 23, 2002
4/5
Manages to create a haunting virtual world that's more mystical than anything the Wachowski brothers have offered us, blending the real and the imagined into a portentous cyberpunk fable. Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Apr 8, 2023
Pointedly abstract and elusive, it is, like many of the films of Mamoru Oshii... richly visualized, gorgeously textured, and wound around issues of dream, reality, and the levels of consciousness. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jun 21, 2013
B-
The techno thriller is more boring than thrilling. Go to Full Review
John J. Puccio Movie Metropolis Dec 16, 2003
6/10
It will overjoy viewers looking for a leisurely fantasy departure and bore to tears others hoping for another Matrix. Go to Full Review
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Dec 3, 2018 An outstanding piece of cinema, with a great visual, a good story, a expectacular ambiance. An important piece of the scii-fi culture. It is underated movie wich deserves more than a bunch of critics who would worship avatar or somthing like that See more
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Cast & Crew

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Mamoru Oshii

Director

Małgorzata Foremniak

Ash

Władysław Kowalski

Game Master

Jerzy Gudejko

Murphy

Dariusz Biskupski

Bishop

Bartek Swiderski

Stunner

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Avalon

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Movie Info

Synopsis In the future a female warrior (Małgorzata Foremniak) enters a virtual-reality game where there is only one way to win.
Director
Mamoru Oshii
Producer
Atsushi Kubo
Screenwriter
Kazunori Ito
Production Co
Miramax
Rating
R
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
Polish
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 5, 2021
Runtime
1h 46m
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