Biker Kaneda is confronted by many anti-social elements while trying to help his friend Tetsuo who is involved in a secret government project. Tetsuo's supernatural persona adds the final twist.
Back on the big screen, it's easy to see why its apocalyptic visions have an entirely hypnotic effect on the viewer, pulling you into a trance that carries you through, equally frazzled and exhilarated, to its explosive finale.| Read in full: Akira film review We Love Cinema
Chemistry between Romain Duris and Emma Mackey just about saves an otherwise ludicrous attempt in historical revisionism
Jimmy Cliff stars and sings in this 1972 blaxploitation classic, now on re-release, about a country boy on a crime spree in Kingston
Amber Midthunder makes for a brilliantly convincing action heroine in this gory and breathlessly thrilling piece of period sci-fi
Brad Pitt shines as a hapless assassin in an otherwise exhausting adaptation that thinks it's a lot funnier than it actually is
To coincide with the 25th anniversary of Robert Zemeckis' sci-fi classic, Luke Walpole looks back on its perfectly pitched lead turn
As the latest take on Persuasion comes to Netflix, Steph Green highlights some of the author's finest screen adaptations to date
With the year at the halfway point, our writers choose their favourite films, from Bollywood bangers to belated blockbusters
Fedor Tot reflects on this year's incarnation of the Italian festival dedicated to rediscovering and reframing the cinema of the past
