Rotten Tomatoes reported that 0% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 2.66/10. It is the first film based on the anime film licensed in the US by Anime Works. On 17 April 2014, Anchor Bay Entertainment acquired the US and Canada distribution rights to the film. On, The Weinstein Company acquired worldwide distribution rights for Kite outside of the US, South Africa, and India. The 10-minute trailer for the film was released on 6 January 2014, followed by another trailer on 16 July. Filming įilming wrapped in February 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. On 3 February 2013, Ralph Ziman took over as director of the film actors India Eisley and Callan McAuliffe subsequently joined the cast. Ellis died on 7 January 2013, before shooting started. Jackson announced that he was the first actor to join the cast of Ellis's Kite, with filming taking place in Johannesburg. The content of the live action film is expected to be toned down from the original OVA. The film, which takes place in a post-financial collapse corrupt society, follows a girl who tries to track down her father's killer with help from his ex-partner. Production Pre-production Ī live action adaptation of Kite was reported to be in various stages of pre-production for a number of years, with American film director Rob Cohen attached as either director or producer. After a kill, she finds she needs to relax by taking a drug called "Amp", which also wipes her memories. A young woman named Sawa (India Eisley) has been pretending to be a prostitute in order to kill some of the cartel leaders, ultimately trying to reach the main leader, Emir, who had killed her parents. Society has degenerated into a slum where people have taken to kidnapping children and selling them to flesh cartels. The film stars India Eisley, Callan McAuliffe and Samuel L. Kite (also called A Kite) is a 2014 South African action film directed by Ralph Ziman, based on the 1998 anime of the same name by Yasuomi Umetsu.
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