Rating: R
Genre:
Fantasy
Release Date: 09/21/1999
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DS
Run Time: 112 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Not For Children, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
This visually inventive French sci-fi/fantasy tale began winning a cult following practically from the moment it was released. Krank (
Daniel Emilfork) is a foul, monstrous creature who lords over the inhabitants of a small island; Krank's emotional being is every bit as ugly as his physical personage, largely because he does not have the ability to dream. However, he has developed a machine that can drain the dreams of others from their heads, and he devotes himself to kidnapping children from a nearby harbor town so that he can steal their pleasant dreams. Denree (
Joseph Lucien) is one of the children who has been spirited off to the island; Krank discovers that he's an even bigger problem than he imagined when his big brother One (
Ron Perlman), a harpoon-wielding mountain of a man, sets out on a rescue mission. Once he arrives on Krank's island, One encounters a brain in a fish tank that has learned to talk, a group of clones who can't decide who is the original, a pair of Siamese twins, an octopus that guides a group of orphaned thieves, and a girl named Miette (
Judith Vittet) who says she can guide One to Denree.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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