Shot in a style that recalls cold war propaganda, graphic novels, and 50s science fiction, this odd movie, both grandly staged and obscure, tells of a pilot, Sky Captain, a kind of Biggles in a steam-punk alternate reality, and a reporter, Polly Perkins, who team up to investigate an intrigue involving miniature elephants, metal war birds, disappearing scientists, giant robots that descend upon the world in The Day The Earth Stood Still style, and an inexplicable The Wizard of Oz tie-in, and it is always visually arresting if not always such an interesting narrative.
★★★☆☆
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