Broken Saints (4 Disc DVD Boxset) £2.99 INSTORE @ HEAD

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A remarkable achievement and thoroughly engrossing, Broken Saints: The Animated Comic Special is the complete 12-hour adventure series (in 24 chapters) originally posted online between 2001 and 2003. A combination of comic book graphics and Flash animation, Broken Saints features characters that don't move (as in a comic book) but exist in scenes that suggest flowing action simply by introducing additional images or shifting a background (thanks to Flash). Dialogue is rendered via conventional speech balloons, but for this DVD set, actors (including William B. Davis, the "Cigarette Smoking Man" from The X-Files) have been cast to provide voices for the characters, giving the story greater immediacy. Also new is a music score, featuring some muscular rock as well as Mozart. Loads of special features are included, too.

Created by Brooke Burgess, Ian Kirby, and Andrew West, Broken Saints is the complex tale of an unlikely alliance between four individuals from very different walks of life. Shandala is a mysterious, 18-year-old woman from an uncharted Fijian island, altruistic and innocent yet possessed of terrifying powers. Raimi is a young, Canadian developer of security software who encounters a powerful force online and believes something big is about to take place on the planet. Oran is a Muslim from Baghdad who goes temporarily mad while guarding a bunker alone. Kamimura is an elderly, Shinto mystic from Japan estranged from his former Buddhist order. The quartet is connected through common visions of dark forces about to be unleashed, though they also learn quite a bit about themselves and each other during their perilous mission. Watching this series from beginning to end is a special and unique experience. As the story progresses, the makers of Broken Saints get better and better at their mixed-media technology, and the results are often beautiful and profound. --Tom Keogh


Special Features
Disc 1: Optional audio commentary Art Institute panel discussion with Brooke Burgess (creator), David Kaye (voice talent) & Carol Parnell (executive producer) Voice-over and audio featurette Broken Saints soundtracks 'Prophecy' trailer 'Classic' trailer 'Features' trailer Broken Saints game trailer 3 Easter Eggs (hidden features)

Disc 2: Optional audio commentary Walker National Art Centre lecture session with Brooke Burgess Broken Saints apartment tour Demo footage Collection of broadcast press interviews 2 Easter Eggs (hidden features)

Disc 3: Optional audio commentary Tarot tree character profiles Fan showcase: video footage and artwork from fans around the world, presenting their personal take on the Broken Saints phenomenon 3 Easter Eggs (hidden features)

Disc 4: Optional audio commentary 'Making Of' documentary Sundance Film Festival featurette Behind the scenes material 5 Easter Eggs (hidden features)