Kite is a 1998 Japanese anime film directed by Yasuomi Umetsu about an orphaned girl who grows up to become an assassin. Now, it's going to get an American twist. The director of such works as Snakes on a Plane and the more recent Shark Night 3D, David R. Ellis, has been tapped to direct the live-action remake.
Dave Roberts writes- Everyone knows children are shit at acting, painting, singing and all those other things. Not all children obviously, but your children definitely are, and yet you find yourself putting everything you’ve got into seeing the positive in their creations and you fool yourself into thinking you’ve enjoyed them no matter how relentlessly terrible you know their performances to be.
What They Say:
Never Underestimate a Girl with Nothing Left to Lose. KITE tells the story of Sawa (India Eisley, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” Underworld: Awakening), a young woman living in a corrupt society where crime and gangs terrorize the streets. When Sawa’s mother and policeman father are found victims of a grisly double homicide, she begins a ruthless pursuit for the man who murdered them. With the help of her father’s ex-partner, Karl Aker (Samuel L. Jackson, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Avengers, Django Unchained), and a mysterious friend from her past (Callan McAuliffe, The Great Gatsby, I Am Number Four), she becomes a merciless teen assassin, blasting her way through the dark world of human trafficking only to uncover a devastating truth.
Kuma Wrote: Do you believe in the importance of your memories? They can be your greatest power or can be used against you; either way that double edge sword is something that needs to be taken care of. For Sawa, she has revoked her memories to stay focus on vengeance, but what if the truth lays in what she fears to see the most? Based on the 1998 anime of similar name KITE brings us a story that is sensual, but very deadly. In the end it makes you appreciate the power of memories and how they can reshape your path.
I think there's only one question floating through everyone's mind: how can you top snakes and sharks?