Dystopia: Apparently, the government collapsed following a banking crisis, leading to a massive increase in crime rates.Dirty Old Man: Clive Thornhill, Vic's father.He destroys evidence linking him to Sawa's Roaring Rampage of Revenge and years ago, he murdered Sawa's parents to cover up his gun running operation. Corrupt the Cutie: Aker controls Sawa, acting as her Evil Mentor and feeding her addictive PTSD medication in order to take out several underworld figures.Cool Guns: Sawa's modded Vektor SP-1 pistol that fires explosive rounds.The PTSD medication Aker hooked her on is addictive and erodes her memory, while at the same time making her an Emotionless Girl. Sawa sees it through the window of her apartment when her PTSD medication wears off. He's Oburi's father and The Atoner for helping Aker murder Sawa's parents. Adaptational Heroism: Otis Breedlove, the film's version of Kanie.Adaptation Distillation: Aker's motivation is more utilitarian than his anime counterpart's, and Sawa's targets are even more acceptable, while the action scenes are less over-the-top.Action Girl: Just like in the original, Sawa is a gun-toting teenager who goes against the unnamed metropolis' criminal underworld all by herself.However, while staking out Emir's underling Jeppy, Sawa is ambushed by a street gang called the Numbers and rescued by a mysterious young man named Oburi, who seems to know about her past. Jackson), a Knight Templar Dirty Cop, helps Sawa ( India Eisley), the daughter of his murdered partner, exact revenge on the crime lord known as the Emir, who supposedly had Sawa's parents killed years prior. The main difference from the original is that the movie is set in an unnamed dystopian Wretched Hive, with entire districts outside of police control and with human traffickers doing as they please.
Kite is a 2014 adaptation of the anime of the same name, written by indie director Brian Cox (not to be confused with the more famous actor of the same name), and directed by Ralph Ziman.
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