So as promised I am back with yet another film review. This time courtesy of an amazing Australian company called Madman Entertainment. The fine folks at Madman were gracious enough to supply me with a copy of the Danish film Princess, which actually played at the Cleveland International Film Festival last year but I was not able to attend. So here it goes, I present to you my review of Princess.

I must admit. I am not really much of a fan of anime. Sure I dabble in the films of Pixar and seemed to get alot of enjoyment out of the work of Hayao Miyazaki but that is pretty much where I draw the line. Princess, however, interested the hell of me when I first read about it last year. For starters the story is just plain fucked up.

The title character is a drug abused young porn star named Christina (known in the adult film world as The Princess) who is now dead and has left behind her 5-year old daughter. Raised in a life of porn, Mia knows nothing else but what she watched take place in her mother's daily life. Her perception of what is right and wrong is just completely fubared. 32-year old August has just given up on his life as a priest in an desperate attempt to take care of his niece, Mia, he has just met for the first time.

What better to do than to avenge the death of his sister by taking out everyone person who had contributed to her rather short yet destructive life. What follows is a bloodbath of epic proportion which, at least as far as I know, has ever been captured in the history of animation.

What essentially is your basic revenge picture, takes on a whole new level when creating this overused genre into a whole new light thanks to the brillant animation found in the film. Another factor which sets this apart from others is its use of live action material to represent a window to the past. Each live action piece is used as a video capture of Christina before her death. Director Anders Morgenthanler brings us an amazing film which leaps boundaries above anything I have ever seen in the genre of animation. Sure, any anime freak may be left wanting more but as a admirer of international cinema I found Princess to be one hell of a ride and was truly in league of its own.

So how do you get your hands on this lovely piece of filmmaking, you say. Well, as I mentioned before, this great film can be purchased from a stellar company out of Australia entitled Madman Entertainment. Be for warned that the release is a Region 4 PAL disc so make sure your player is compatible before ordering.

Pick up Princess now by clicking here.