Saab 9 5 Wagon Review

Saab 9 5 Wagon Review

Saab 9 5 Wagon Review

The idea of machines outsmarting and destroying humankind is nothing new in the movies - remember 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Terminator movies, The Matrix movies and more. And if it weren't for the twill puppets, Shane Acker's 9 -- a computer-animated feature expanded from his 2005, Oscar-nominated short of the same name -- really wouldn't have that much to add to the conversation.

Advertisements for the film peg Acker as a "visionary director". The claim is PR hyperbole to be sure (9 is his feature debut), but in the strictest sense of the phrase, the ads may have a point.

Brave New World, Same Old Story

9 is quite a sight to behold on the big screen -- if not the work of a visionary, then certainly a film from someone with one hell of an imagination. His little twill puppet heroes (think sock puppets, but more thread, needle and wire) are literally placed at ground level for the post-apocalypse.