Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Enchorde It is rather obvious, the name of the game included in the title and all, but it also aptly describes the movie. An animated movie, and for the most part animated well in my opinion, but heavily influenced by the game I presume. And when it comes to graphics, that's nothing bad. But when it comes to story, that's a different matter. Here, the media movie and game differs wildly. In games ( I should note that I have not played Final Fantasy and can't refer to that specific game) the story is pretty linear. One event after another, mostly one battle (or challenge) after another. That doesn't really cut it in a movie though. Here you need more of a background, more character and more of an explanation of why things is happening. The story in this is pretty thin about such things, but acceptable if you think of it as a simple action movie. The ending though is a letdown. It is not much of a ending at all. No resolution of what becomes of the characters or what they fought for. It is nothing more but an empty promise of more, a next challenge or battle. I guess the story continues in a game somewhere, making this one of the longest commercials ever made.5/10

tvsweeney-39052 Knowing nothing of the Final Fantasy game or the plot, I rented this DVD specifically because of the intriguing preview. I wasn't aware if each was part of a single far-reaching story or a standalone film. Though this one seemed a mere episode, with very little explanation and a negligible individual plot, I found this snippet intriguing. I also was confused of the relationship between the characters in the prologue and this was never really explained. Those who follow the story probably had no such problem. One irritating point throughout was the way scenes would fade to black with several seconds of blank space between scenes. I also thought the presence of very contemporary-looking cars, as well as hollow-point bullets in the weapons to be a little anachronistic set alongside the monsters and magic.What mainly impressed me, however, was the animation, which is...fantastic! To date, my viewing of live-action animations using computer graphics has been limited to three films, and this is the best one yet. It doesn't take much to accept that these characters are real actors and not computer graphic images. In spite of the fact they sometimes moved faster than an actual human could and performed impossible feats, they did look real. With only two exceptions, they appear lifelike. Lip movement and mouth shape was synced perfectly with the words being spoken. Where usually the features on these kind of images are bland, on these the detail, from wrinkles and expressions to individual strands of hair is near-perfect. Only the eyes gave away their artificiality. Though they moved and blinked, there was still a certain glassy, unfocused quality about them, as if the artists neglected them and instead concentrated on the faces.One character was a little disconcerting--and disturbing--the Tom Baker Dr. Who-lookalike Neflheim councilor. With his big floppy hat and long muffler, he seemed completely out of place among the flowing robes and slightly medieval garb of the other characters, making me wonder if this was a tongue-in-cheek homage.This was an entertaining film. Since it was an episode instead of a complete story, it did made me wish I'd come in at the beginning. I'm now intrigued enough to look up the others.

Miguel Neto Well when I cleared the Final Fantasy XV game, I saw many problems in the story, and left many loose ends, there I discovered this movie Kingslaive, and decided to watch to see if the history of the game improved, well the story is far from great, But the movie left the game better, and more closed, the quality of the animation is animal, CGI very well done, had moments that I thought was real, we learned more of Regis that does not get to have a great participation, and we see more Aaron Paul, Lena Headey, Sean Bean, all great, the characters are interesting, we also get more from the Lunafreya, and from other characters, the dialogues sin in some things, the characters in the movie. Kingslaive I found them uninteresting, taking out the Nyx Ulric, the battles are cool, and the animation is also a bit violent. Note 7.5

Jason Chau This film really gives a whole new meaning of fantasy. A combination of magical fantasy and mechanical science fiction. Despite the poor writing and character development, but it also shows the characters are relatively well done. This film has the most astonishing work of animation you've ever seen. With graphics so realistic, that you don't even realizes that you're watching an animated film.When you watch this film, it's like your watching a whole bunch of other movies mix into one. From magic casters to robot soldiers to the giant monsters that towers over buildings, it truly is "A Fantasy Based On Reality"