When her cop father is killed, a young woman tracks the murder with the help of his ex-partner. Kite is a 2014 English-language Action Crime movie featuring India Eisley, Callan Mcauliffe, Samuel L. Jackson, Jaco Muller, Annabel Linder, Christina Storm and Jonathan Blaine Shore. The movie is inspired from Kite by Yasuomi Umetsu. Videovision Entertainment in association with Distant Horizon and Detalle Films. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Anant Singh, Brian Cox and Mois S Cos O. Kite is written by Yasuomi Umetsu and Brian Cox and it is directed by Ralph Ziman. Anchor Bay Entertainment acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Kite was released on 13th June 2014 and takes a screen time of 90 minutes. Kite was made on a budget of ₹82 crore and at the box office it grossed only $2 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Brian Cox. Cinematography was done by Lance Gewer and editing by Megan Gill. The music was composed by Paul Hepker.
Kite Reviews and Ratings
Average Review Rating : 2.7/5
Positive Review Rating : 50%
Ny Daily News
Ziman pretends to be empowering his young heroine by putting a gun in her hand and tough words in her mouth.But theres something deeply discomforting about his cameras fetishistic leering. ( Read More )
Job Lo
Even die hard manga fans would be well advised to skip this one as it makes DRAGONBALL: EVOLUTION look like a masterpiece by comparison. ( Read More )
Blu Ray
It was a crushing blow to the faithful, but never fear Hit Girl fans, Kite is here to pick up the slack. ( Read More )
Village Voice
Its grim, stylish, and sets the perfect mood, but isnt whats ultimately memorable. ( Read More )
Hollywood Reporter
Yasuomi Umetsus anime gets lifeless live action treatment A live action anime adaptation whose most lively element is costume design, Ralph Zimans Kite repackages an assortment of genre tropes into... ( Read More )