The City of Lost of Children is a French film by the same guys who worked on Delicatessen and Amelie so already it's got some good street cred in its corner. That being said, it is stylistically very similar to Amelie and shares a few of the same actors.
The story revolves around a mad scientist by the name of Krank who has set out to kidnap children in order to steal their dreams so he can feel emotions. He lives on his Oil Rig of Doom in the middle of a minefield with 4 cloned brothers, a disembodied brain in a fishtank, and his loving vertically challenged wife.
Krank makes his ultimate mistake when he kidnaps the little brother of sideshow strongman and all-around bad-ass One, appropriately portrayed by Mr. Ron Perlman looking a lot like Kuwabara from Yu-Yu Hakusho. One sets out on a quest to get back his little brother and eventually teams up with a young street urchin by the name of Miette. The two of them travel together outwitting siamese twins, flea circus trainers, cults, and the like until eventually they find their way onto Krank's ocean fortress. Miette saves the boy and defeats Krank.
This movie was enjoyable if only for the fact that I was able to see the similarities between it and Amelie. Maybe it's the French, who knows? Oh wait, I forgot: RON PERLMAN. This movie is awesome because half the movie is just like "hey, you know who's really strong? Ron Perlman's really strong." Then he starts breaking chains, lifting safes, beating people up, or stuff like that. So is The City of Lost Children a superhero movie? I mean, on the one hand the guy's name is One, the villain's name is Krank, and the villain lives practically in the Legion of Doom's hideout complete with evil henchmen. I mean it wouldn't be too much of stretch to say that it is.
Final score 4 out of 5 Perlmans
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