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Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

2005
Fantasy, Action
1h 41m
Two years after Cloud & Co. saved the world from Sephiroth, the citizens of the planet begin suffering from a strange sickness called Seikon-Shoukougun (imdb)

Screenwriter:

Kazushige Nojima

Franchise:

Final Fantasy

AKA:

Fainaru fantajî sebun adobento chirudoren

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

2005
Fantasy, Action
1h 41m
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Avg Percentile 42.58% from 2612 total ratings

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Rated 30 Mar 2007
59
20th
I felt like this film was made just so dorks who liked FFVII, myself included, could drool over seeing familiar characters again doing cool things. That's about as deep as this movie gets, and overall my craving to point at familiar things isn't quite as strong as my desire to see movies with interesting and compelling stories.
Rated 24 Feb 2007
21
12th
Beautiful CGI but fan-service plot leaves anyone who didn't play FFVII in the dark. The fight scenes are a waste of time akin to that of Dragon Ball Z. After 10-15minutes of fighting someone leaves only to say "I'll get you next time!" or something equally bad. If you're a FFVII fanboy check this out. If not then it's eye-rolling boring after the visual beauty has sunk in (which takes about 5 minutes).
Rated 04 Oct 2010
2
18th
All points for how pretty it looks. Other than that it is completely incomprehensible.
Rated 11 Jan 2010
10
2nd
Absolutely dreadful garbage that only an overly apologetic fan of the franchise could eke any enjoyment out of. The visuals are great, but the story is typical Japanese RPG nonsense that fans of this sort of dreck will defend as some sort of miraculous gift from the heavens.
Rated 18 Mar 2009
2
14th
Decent video game cutscene, bad movie. The animation's nice and some of the action scenes are amusing in a brainless sort of way, but the truly atrocious plot is basically a thirteen-year-old's fanfiction brought appallingly to life. "Hey wouldn't it be cool if Sephiroth came back to life and Cloud beat him AGAIN?!!! AWW YEAAH!!!" Christ.
Rated 01 Nov 2007
7
1st
The animation was some of the best I've ever seen, but this was fucking stupid. The game was good, but not enough to justify this tripe.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
10
6th
^_^
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
23rd
Even as one of the most hardcore fans who could make sense of the story, I can't help but wanting something epic instead of drawn out action sequences. Gorgeous but no substance.
Rated 21 Sep 2020
54
14th
Beautifully designed and stylishly animated film is unfortunately a complete muddle in terms of its storytelling - familiarity with the source video game may help (as I come to this as a complete newbie), but little effort is made to have this stand on its own, or be accessible to newcomers. An intriguing dystopic set up soon gives way to laboured, near-senseless exposition dumps, though it does pick itself up for a rousing and exciting final half hour.
Rated 20 Jul 2012
60
16th
You really have to play FFVII to get much out of this movie. It was a lot of fun seeing my favorite characters come to life in CG. The battles were great but the story was not all that interesting. It looks amazing in Blu-Ray. Can't believe Cait Sith was in it!
Rated 27 May 2010
1
0th
Great movie if you're into boys that look like girls running around and fighting.
Rated 19 Jan 2010
15
6th
It was visually pretty. That's about all it had going for it.
Rated 03 Mar 2009
2
9th
The only reason I didn't absolutely hate this is because the animation was incredible and I've played the game. ok actually that's two reasons.
Rated 10 Sep 2008
65
41st
Beautifully shot (with an amazing air-fight sequence in the middle); it's too bad the plot is so convoluted. It might have made a good video game (with 40 hours to tell a story), but for a 90-min film, it's a meddlesome disaster.
Rated 01 Aug 2008
25
16th
I like the games, I hate the movies though...
Rated 30 Jun 2008
0
3rd
Incoherent mess
Rated 29 Apr 2008
48
25th
milk that cash cow baby
Rated 12 Apr 2008
40
19th
Visually astounding, but if you haven't played the video game, it is an incoherent mess. Great to look at, but emotionally hollow.
Rated 27 Dec 2007
20
32nd
Let's take a shallow RPG and turn it into a shallow CG animated movie that doesn't expand on any of the game's shallow characters or the shallow plot AT ALL. BUT, it'll be super pretty with lots of spiky hair and giant swords and over the top action scenes. Awww yeah. Or no. How about not. Nothing but terrible fanboy porn here. Steer clear if you're looking for a real movie with, you know, substance and stuff. The English dub is frickin' awful, too.
Rated 14 Sep 2007
1
0th
Shit, shit, shit, shit. I hate to resort to personal insults, but if you like this you're a fucking moron and you're bringing about the death of narrative cinema.
Rated 24 Aug 2007
13
3rd
Utter shite. Conceived and created solely to steal money out of the pockets of stupid FF7 freaks. Why the fuck do you think the SUPER BOXSET cost like 500 bucks? Because they knew dumbass fanboys would throw their mommy's moolah at it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
27th
A cool followup to the popular PSone game, but if you haven't played the game, this movie is highly incomplete. The story is very weak, and merely takes you on a ride between fight sequences. It's a film for total nerds, and if you can handle that, then give it a try. It's at least better than The Spirits Within. Ugh!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
98
95th
Amazing action sequences! Amazing action sequences! Beautiful animation across the board. One of my favorite anime titles of all time. Must watch and must own if you like anime.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
55
23rd
For the record I have been a Final Fantasy Fanboy since I played Final Fantasy II (IV - Japan) in 1991. I have loved the series until now, eagrly anticipating FFXII. With that aside, I cant but feel dissapointed with Advent Children. All this hype only equates to the amount of CGI the film posesses. The story is pointless and uninvolving with its purpose is to have an excuse to have a final battle. Characters have no development, and suddenly appear without explanation. Overall the movie lac
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
28th
Its cool factor is through the roof, but it doesn't have anything else going for it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
2
3rd
If you're a huge fan of Final Fantasy VII, this movie is for you. That said, this film is a textbook case of fanservice in that it was obviously made to do nothing but make the fans of the game happy. It's abysmal plot does nothing to bring newcomers up to speed, and is just a bare framework to show a bunch of cool action scenes and cameos from the game that'll make fanboys jump. Yeah, the action scenes are cool I guess, and the animation is indeed beautiful, but the idiocy of the plot just b
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
39th
I remember thinking "the story kind of sucks, but at least that girl Sephiroth clone is hot". Worst run-in with androgeny since Hanson.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
26th
I love impressive CGI and I loved Final Fantasy VII. I failed to love this movie. I think it needed more plot.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
12th
The CG was pretty, but there wasn't much else going for this.
Rated 27 Jul 2007
60
31st
Some of the animation is breathtaking. Some of it very much not. Usual trick of extremely fast cutting in fight scenes to avoid animating anything that would look too silly. Bit of a gay story. Overall fairly average.
Rated 01 Mar 2007
65
47th
Fan service
Rated 27 Feb 2007
75
71st
Yea so there's not much substance to the movie, and if you hate the defiance of physics, then you'll hate this movie. HOWEVER. It is goddamn beautiful, the animation is seriously gorgeous and the action is incredible. More importantly, I am an unabashed ff7 fanboy, so there.
Rated 23 Feb 2024
20
13th
Very bad movie, a few nice fanservice parts for FF7 fans
Rated 17 Jul 2023
68
13th
Review given when I have not played FF7. Will rewatch when I have played the game.
Rated 16 Nov 2021
14
9th
Arrrrrgh! My fault for having high hopes in the early days of feature length CGI sci fi cartoon dramas. The trailer made my delirious, nubile heart squee. The first cut is the deepest, yada yada...
Rated 22 Jan 2021
3
65th
The story is mostly bad, but the animation is great (especially for 2005) and the action is very entertaining. I recommend the "complete" edition, which adds much needed explanation to an otherwise convoluted plot.
Rated 09 Jan 2018
60
26th
Advent Children is a film for the fans only. All others for the most part need not apply for this one. However there is some astounding hyper realistic animation, thrilling and fast paced action. You may not understand the story, but the action will have your inner twelve year old jumping for joy.
Rated 16 Jun 2017
54
26th
Spectacular graphics and pretty good action scenes are the best things going for this flick. Unfortunately it plays out more like a game then a movie. Very little character development and choppy scenes, if you are right into the games and all their lore I'm sure would help a lot.
Rated 02 Jan 2017
4
9th
Cutscenes were too long
Rated 07 Oct 2016
1
4th
It's like a montage of video game cutscenes spliced together with no thought, care or ingenuity going into how any of them connect or form a cohesive narrative. Those looking for satisfactory payoff after the game's open ending will be sorely disappointed, as nothing you accomplished mattered since Sephiroth comes back anyway and Shinra is still around for no reason. Even the fanservice is underwhelming, with most of the cast reduced to background cameos. As such, it's a failure on all accounts.
Rated 16 Aug 2016
11
79th
ill have to admit. it delivers enough for fanboys, and i am indeed a fanboy. i have a space saved for a sephiroth tat..........
Rated 19 May 2016
69
62nd
Ranked this 14 points higher after watching the complete version because the movie almost makes sense now.
Rated 09 Aug 2014
65
47th
As a fan of the game, Cloud and Sephiroth are in the top tier of the coolest characters ever. However their presence does not bolster this movie in its poor plot. Instead this movie relies heavily on stunning visuals and entertainment value, and it works. It is entertaining and you genuinely care for the characters while everything still looks fantastic. A visual spectacle at least.
Rated 29 Jun 2014
95
73rd
Amazing fights!
Rated 21 Mar 2013
67
37th
Great animation at least if you take into account that it's not that new anymore. Definitely worth watching if you want to see your favorite FF VII characters in more detail - don't expect the storyline to be awesome though...
Rated 17 Mar 2013
50
52nd
Visually stunning with CGI that still looks better than stuff being made almost 10 years later, but this is strictly for fans of the game. The plot is a paper-thin excuse to bring Sephiroth back for one last battle, but I think it would have been better to just let the story of the original end where it did.
Rated 19 Jan 2013
53
29th
What is this I don't even
Rated 02 Dec 2012
65
19th
A visually striking piece of fan service with some awesome action sequences. Chances are, if you played the game you will like this film and if not, don't even bother because you will be confused as hell (then again the plot isn't even very good). That being said I love the game but I fully recognize this is far from being a great film.
Rated 21 Aug 2012
92
86th
Directors cut is amazing. Helps if you're a fan of the game.
Rated 06 Aug 2012
70
33rd
Leave it to the Japanese to come up with great CGI animation. Good eye candy, action, and is cathartic for FF7 fans, but as others have said, some of the flavor feels like an amateur fanfic come to life.
Rated 17 Jul 2012
70
31st
The untold story that happens after Final Fantasy VII. WHAT WILL HAPPEN?!? Will Cait Sith still be awesome? Yes, yes he will. Except he needed more lines! I thought the animation in this was amazing for 2005 standards. Everything was so beautiful and the fight scenes were epic. Sadly the story was a little weird and murky and watching it with the English dubbed lines just adds a lot of hilarity. Some points had to be taken off for too much anime grunting. Still a pretty stylistic film.
Rated 16 Apr 2012
70
39th
CGI is impressive and the world is beautiful. I was glad to see the FF7 gang on board, and it definitely brings back memories. The monsters and effects were nicely done (loved it when Cloud was fighting Sephiroth). I love Aeris' scene a lot, it makes me a bit sad. While more of a FF than The Spirit Within was (on the surface), I thought the story was pretty stale. The male leads are more on the metrosexual/emo kind, whereas I prefer more manly kinds.
Rated 09 Apr 2012
52
14th
Some of the fighting scenes were simply amazing to watch, but overall, the film was a bit of a letdown. I just wish I played the game, so maybe I would have had an idea of what the hell was going on.
Rated 13 Mar 2012
10
1st
Awful fanfiction that was somehow given a budget. This is literally "I want to see Cloud and Sephiroth fight again: the movie".
Rated 01 Mar 2012
70
18th
Fan service, but I'm a FF7 fan, so I did get some joy out of seeing familiar places rendered in spectacular detail. It's a shame that it's all in service of what is essentially nonsense. Also, between this and FF4, massive explosions are surprisingly non-fatal.
Rated 28 Feb 2012
21
12th
Completely irrelevant fanservice.
Rated 06 Jan 2012
50
61st
...A little heavy on the fan service.
Rated 20 Nov 2011
75
8th
Being a FF fan, I wanted to like this movie. Unfortunately, it was an example of bad story telling - confusing, erratic, and unclear. However, it does look good.
Rated 23 Oct 2011
82
39th
Omnislash scene was worth it :D
Rated 20 Oct 2011
75
72nd
The plot is an incoherent mess, even for fans, but the impeccable animation and stunning action sequences far surpass any flaws the film may have. Last twenty minutes are incredible.
Rated 02 Sep 2011
28
25th
Ok, so I did enjoy watching it, but that was primarily due to the epic battle with Sephiroth at the end. The battle with Bahamut was cool too, but generally this film is all action and zero substance. The characters pissed me off too.
Rated 04 Mar 2011
81
58th
Worth it for FFVII fans, not so much for anyone else.
Rated 27 Dec 2010
40
31st
I wouldn't recommend Advent Children to people who are not already a fan of the series, and most importantly, Final Fantasy VII. The film will not make you care for the characters, nor will it give you an interesting story to watch. It is beautiful to look at, and the action scenes are usually inventive enough to keep you entertained. People who are already fans likely don't need a recommendation to go see Advent Children, and if they do, then I would urge caution when choosing to watch it.
Rated 06 Dec 2010
61
20th
If you loved FFVII you'll probably like this. Otherwise don't bother. Great music.
Rated 21 Nov 2010
98
86th
O.O
Rated 14 Nov 2010
77
64th
great watch if you're a big fan of final fantasy 7
Rated 13 Nov 2010
10
96th
Thank God this was a great flick. I couldn't take another "FF: The Spirits Within".
Rated 25 Oct 2010
86
80th
It's not often you see many game-based films that end up successful based on fans, game-critics, and film-critics. What sucks though is that to those who have not played the game, FFVII, are indeed missing a well developed story. I hear from other reviewers say that the fight scenes are over the top. Need I should remind that this is an ANIME. Japanese style animation; you're very likely to see this kind of stuff, along with other "over the top" things.
Rated 20 Sep 2010
40
10th
A nice looking tech demo.
Rated 27 Aug 2010
92
88th
story: terrible; camerawork: AWESOME.
Rated 01 Aug 2010
70
42nd
I can't help myself, I love FFVII with all of my aching heart. This movie thrills me enough to look past its imperfections.
Rated 15 Jul 2010
40
9th
Score doesnt do justice to the movie since i never played FF7. Great Soundtrack though.
Rated 03 Jun 2010
20
11th
Narratively the movie expects you to at least know the main conflict and resolution of FFVII but it's super ironic how it does while undermining the ending of that game then proceeding to make cringeworthy flanderizations of the entire cast. For what it's worth, the movie is visually impressive and there's some really cool shots here and there, but I honestly abhor what this movie did to FFVII and the rabbit it dragged the series into.
Rated 26 Apr 2010
35
10th
While this film is nice to look at it should've just been a short film. There's not much in the way of plot, and at one point there's a 30 minute stretch of tedious action. You can tell they were just trying to offer heaps of fan service (all of the main characters from the FFVII game are here for no real reason). The music, which should've been wonderful, featured too many hard rock and techno-y tunes. It's vaguely entertaining at times I suppose.
Rated 23 Feb 2010
87
88th
Probably the best all CG movie ever. You kind of need to know about Final Fantasy to make much sense of it, though
Rated 11 Feb 2010
92
99th
I'm not a fanboy of Final Fantasy world and characters, beside this I really like the original look and ideas of makers. Advent Children is a masterpiece of animation and shows second to none skills of Square staff regarding whole set: dynamics, emotional aspects, detailed and almost perfectly crafted renderings. As a plot - it is unusual as well but I didn't discover a thing, as originality is a signature of all Final Fantasy elements.Recommend final version released ind FullHD 1080 on BlueRay.
Rated 09 Feb 2010
15
9th
Boring, incomprehensible, masturbatory garbage. Much like the game it's based on.
Rated 29 Dec 2009
60
25th
awesome animation except i was kinda confused throughout and am not a big fan of the FF stories
Rated 13 Dec 2009
75
24th
Warning: Only watch this if you just played the game otherwise you won't get a thing (but then it's an ok movie)
Rated 01 Dec 2009
40
11th
Beautiful animation, unfortunately just about everything else about this is atrocious.
Rated 20 Nov 2009
58
18th
Ta bom
Rated 19 Aug 2009
100
94th
As a huge Final Fantasy VII fan, how could I not rate this movie as incredible? It brought the characters to life for me once more. It was just so fulfilling to be able to visit the world of Final Fantasy VII again and gain some clarification and a bit more closure. Amazing CG and amazing character portrayal that stays true to the game that started it all.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
48
35th
Purely a visual treat. The plot and voice acting are both worthless, but the animation is sensational, and has been lovingly put together and is very well judged. Most fans of the game like myself with get something out of this movie, even if it is in reality a poor film that lacks any real substance. Sit back and enjoy the cinamatography and design, and try not to think about much else! If you haven't played the game, avoid!
Rated 31 Jul 2009
20
4th
What a gigantic ball of terrible cheese. The ending made me throw up. FYI I haven't played the video game, if that means anything.
Rated 27 Jul 2009
74
69th
Damn the animation
Rated 21 Jul 2009
66
25th
Probably won't interest you if you haven't played the video game.
Rated 19 Jul 2009
1
11th
Terrible. For as much praise as the action sequences get, I can't figure out what's happening in most of them. Not recommended.
Rated 18 Jul 2009
40
9th
Boring.
Rated 30 Jun 2009
30
16th
Overall Enjoyment: 15/40, Plot/Themes: 0/20, Cinematography/Direction: 10/20, Acting/Writing: 5/20 The fight scenes were really awesome, but everything else was tripe.
Rated 29 Jun 2009
5
2nd
The fanboys who gave this movie a high score make me depressed. A movie that substitutes a good plot and characters for action and pretty graphics. Which wouldn't be bad at all, if the action was actually any good. The action is poorly choreographed and drags on for 20 minutes, in addition to seizure-inducing cinematography with said action. The fact that I counted upwards of 20 moments of deus ex machina doesn't help the film any, either.
Rated 24 Jun 2009
70
23rd
Quite pretty. I'm not sure if there was a story or not.
Rated 21 Jun 2009
68
38th
As has been said before, the film is an absolute visual triumph. Easily the most beautiful film I've ever seen. Further, the score is great and the many action sequences are brilliantly choreographed. What remains leaves a lot to be desired. The story is muddled for anyone who hasn't played the game, the dialogue is bad, and the voice acting (at least in the English dub) is awful. Nonetheless, it captures the spirit, atmosphere and feel of Final Fantasy VII as well as the rest of the series.
Rated 15 May 2009
10
6th
I've played and enjoyed nearly all the Final Fantasy games, including 6, 7, 8 and others, and even I can recognize that this film is a piece of trash. A very shiny piece of trash.
Rated 28 Apr 2009
19
8th
This is nothing more than a tech demo for their graphics engine. It looks pretty, sure, but so will Final Fantasy XIII. The story is garbage, the dialogue is horrible (if you watch the English dub, the voice acting is atrocious), it moves along just as if it was cutscenes taken from a game, and the narrative is awful. This is a pretty waste of time, but nothing more. Also, Jeremy Parish is right: if you don't know who most of the characters are already, the movie doesn't tell you. Trash it.
Rated 16 Mar 2009
5
6th
The plot is so thin on the ground - and considering what this is supposed to be a sequel to; its an absolute travesty.
Rated 27 Feb 2009
90
86th
awesome grafic, brilliant story
Rated 09 Feb 2009
15
4th
Goes on way too long and too complicated
Rated 25 Dec 2008
45
12th
Vel gerð tölvugrafík en agalegur söguþráður. Kannski þarf maður að hafa séð seríuna frá upphafi til að njóta hans.
Rated 20 Dec 2008
50
8th
I liked the game as much as the next, but just let the damn thing die already!
Rated 07 Dec 2008
10
2nd
No story, no plot, no nothing. I just didn't care at all and the film seemed not to care if I cared.

Cast & Info

Screenwriter:

Kazushige Nojima

Franchise:

Final Fantasy

AKA:

Fainaru fantajî sebun adobento chirudoren

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

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