Finally some science-fiction! “The Chasing World” explores the concept of parallel dimensions, which is a sci-fi cliche that somehow hasn’t been overused.

This Japanese film was nothing special but it had a few good ideas and a few genuine surprises. Well, one genuine surprise. It had some nice moments and as far as my inevitable nitpicking could tell, it held up within its own internal consistency. In the end, it’s kind of a teen movie so it was a bit more saccharine than my cynical self would have liked but it was still basically ok. I’ll probably see the sequel (which I can only assume is in the works since the ending felt like the setup for part 2) but that’s mostly because I’m desperate to watch anything sci-fi. What can I say? Sci-fi owns me.

I dunno, 3 niqueheads [rating:30]