Cinafilm has over 5 million movie reviews and counting …

About Us
Contact Us
Sitemap
Follow us onCinafilm - Twitter Cinafilm - Pinterest

Last updated: 08 Sep 2026 at 11:38 UTC

Back to movie details

Review of Akira (1988) by Lee C — 14 May 2014

Share

Tweet

Bonkers plot,unforgettable visual banquet.

This review of Akira (1988) was written by Lee C on 14 May 2014.

Akira has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

No

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Akira

Review of Akira (1988)

By Gustav K (41) on 12 Oct 2018

The breathtaking animation in this film is unfair to other Sci-Fi artists who have only CGI and practical effects to work with…

Review of Akira (1988)

By Jordan B (469) on 22 Mar 2017

Akira has a great display of animation visuals and portrays complex characters with gritty violence and entertaining action, but those things…

Review of Akira (1988)

By Luke M (834) on 26 Jun 2018

A masterpiece of animation that always has moments of action and plenty of lovely camera angles…

Review of Akira (1988)

By David O (633) on 22 Jul 2017

Dense but thematically and visually arresting, this film definitely deserves its hype…

Review of Akira (1988)

By Mike P (1,383) on 22 Mar 2017

Akira has a great display of animation visuals and portrays complex characters with gritty violence and entertaining action, but those things…

Review of Akira (1988)

By Jake A (1,026) on 10 Feb 2017

With stunning animation and impressive design work on Neo-Tokyo this is a gleefully violent and action packed anime that has a solid score…

Review of Akira (1988)

By Nathan S (826) on 10 Jul 2017

I am a very picky person when it comes to animated films. Never quite got into the Anime genre in-general…

Review of Akira (1988)

By Sotiris K (128) on 05 Jul 2018

Despite its obvious flaws, it is impossible not to stand in awe before this anime feature film. Not to mention its overall importance in the genre…

Review of Akira (1988)

By Matthew F. J (1,288) on 29 Dec 2016

Visual masterpiece,sensational cartoon, ultimate Manga achievement, whatever adjectives come to your mind, nothing prepares you for this amazing…

Review of Akira (1988)

By Jeremy B (846) on 04 Aug 2018

A kind of satisfying adaptation of the Akira manga, this movie does derserve the cult status it gets…

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Expiration (2012)

By Amy H (936) on 27 Aug 2013

It's not a terrible horror movie, the story was not new, the acting was ok, plenty of gore, could be a bit shorter and hold the camera still…

Review of Immortal Combat (1994)

By Tim H (1,310) on 05 Dec 2007

Ouch this one was bad. Essentially its a none too obvious Mortal Kombat ripoff minus the fanciful creatures. Roddy deserves better than this…

Share This Page

Share

Tweet

Popular Movies Right Now

2020

70%170 Reviews

2019

69%207 Reviews

2018

76%696 Reviews

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

79%186 Reviews

2019

53%39 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

2014

67%866 Reviews

2021

58%19 Reviews

2017

82%1,785 Reviews

2022

72%115 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

1988

83%770 Reviews

Christopher Robin

2018

72%837 Reviews

2007

55%674 Reviews

2012

75%362 Reviews

2012

57%722 Reviews

2014

70%362 Reviews

2008

56%690 Reviews

2017

75%1,157 Reviews

1991

77%60 Reviews

1987

76%678 Reviews

Get social with CinafilmFollow us for reviews of the latest moviesCinafilm - Twitter Cinafilm - Pinterest Cinafilm - RSS

© 2026 Cinafilm Internet Productions

Prime Video logo is a trademark of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates

Our website support team can be reached by email at [email protected], or by phoning +44 3300 431 396

Cinafilm IP, Office 12693, PO Box 15113, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 2NJ, United Kingdom