If you loved Renaissance, try The Sky Crawlers
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the cerebral, slow burn mood tags, and they sit in Action / Animation / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Renaissance, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Sky Crawlers is
You enlist in a forever teenage squad flying dogfights for corporate cameras. An explosion in the next show means a real death each time. The Kildren know the cameras never blink and still they smile through every dawn.

