Project A.C.E.
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi/Animation (Anime)
Director: Junpei Mizusaki
Writer: Meirad Tako
Voice Cast: Skyler Gisondo, Haley Joel Osment, Abigail Breslin, John De Lancie, Meirad Tako
Plot: In a classroom, Joel (Skyler Gisondo) a twelve grader sit in silent, his class is so loud, people talking, laughing. He look outside the window and talk to himself, he hopes people can just shut up, he always feel alone. The school bell rang and the classroom went silent. Two teacher come in, the other teacher is a new teacher. His name is Mike (Haley Joel Osment), a substitute teacher.
Mike look at Joel with a little smile and the day pass as usual, on his way home, Alina (Abigail Breslin), Joel's childhood friend, approach him and ask if she can walk together with him, he doesn't answer but she guess it is a yes. The silence was broke by Joel when he asked her what happened between her and Marshall (Meirad Tako), her boyfriend. She said that they broke up.
Not long after he asked about Marshall, Marshall came to them, angry. He and Alina get into an argument, Joel just look at them tiredly and about to walk away when his collar was grabbed and then Marshall beat him up, Alina try to stop him but she was push down. They do not realize that Mike is looking at them write something on his book.
Joel arrived at his house, a woman's voice welcome him, it is his mom, she is on the wheelchair, she's paraplegic, because of an old accident. She asked him what happen to him because he got a black eye, he is just smiling and assure her that nothing is wrong but it can't calm her down.
The next day, Marshall wait for him on his desk, when Joel arrive Marshall come to him and drag him to the school's rooftop, there he and his friend surround Joel and beat him because he 'stole' Alina from him, which is not true and luckily Mike came to stop them and bring Joel to the medical room where Alina (who is in the school's red cross) became the nurse's assistant, she was shocked and say sorry to him.because of her, but he doesn't say a word.
And then he is alone again, in the medical room, laying on the bed. He keeps thinking why the stuff like this always happens to him, why is he always bring bad luck. Right after he was born, his mom and dad fight and because of the fight between his mom and dad, his drunk mom, drunk driving and the result is his mom involved in the car accident. In that moment, his father didn't even show up.
Because her inability to walk, until he was 13, they live with his mom's older sister but she treat them horribly, and in the end, he retaliate and they were kicked out. In that dark time, someone come and give them a house and monthly money.
His day dreaming was stopped when an earthquake occur and Alina came to pick him up, and they rush outside, when he look out the school's window, the sky is dark with lightning all over the sky, from the sky there something like rock that fall to the earth and they keep rushing.
They come across Mike and Marshall, Marshall want to launch at Joel but Mike stop him, Mike lead them to a secret passage that lead them underground and it ends with elevator door and they get inside it. The elevator so fast and when they arrive Alina and Joel throws up, they were awed by the building and the were approached by someone with white attire and lead them to other room, and they can see a big blue robot and mike told them that it is A.C.E, a robot that were design for this kind of time.
The scientist for years know that something like this will happen and Mike told them that Marshall is the one that fit to control the robot and Marshall feel proud, mike give him a special suit. After Marshall put on the suit, they leave Alina and Joel.
Mike lead Marshall to the entrance of the robot, there is a capsule-like bed inside that, Marshall lay in it, Mike put the wire on Marshall's head and he immediately pass out. And then after that, Mike went to the control room and launch the robot out.
When the robot reach the surface, they turn on the robot, and Marshall consciousness combine with the robot, Mike told him to stop the big rock that's close to earth and Marshall cockily did, he stop the rock by destroying it to thousand smaller pieces.
Joel look at the screen in horror, one of the rock is going to land near his house and because of that, he ran back, Alina tried to stop him but he can't be stop and went out of the building.
He ran as fast as he can to his house, he can't let his mom died, she is so important for him. His run stopped, tear start pouring from his eyes. A big rock just fell to his house right in front of his eyes, he fell on his knees in despair. The big rock is shocking, Joel look up to see it and just in time, the rock explode and a big mantis-like monster came out of it.
Joel look straight to its eye for a millisecond before Joel run away and the monster roar and chase him, on the other hand Marshall did not see it cause he is too cocky for his "Achievement". The monster who was chasing Joel stopped when he saw the big robot is idling and attack it.
Marshall was shocked by the surprise and was grabbed by the giant monster, it twisted the robots head and pull it up, blood splats from it, the monster roar and flies away.
Joel arrived at the base to see Marshall's dead body, his head was twisted and pulled of, Alina's face is pale in shock. Joel is going to throw up, he comes to mike to ask what the hell is happening, mike told him that what ever happened to the robot will happen to the pilot. Joel is in horror right now but not for long, the announcement told that the monster is in the capital city and is going to kill roughly 2 million people if not stopped.
Joel stepped back, he doesn't want to get involved but not for Alina, she stepped forward asking if she can drive the robot. Joel is in silence can't understand why she wants to help those people, she doesn't even know them, are they important?
After her conversation with Mike, she prepare herself and follow Mike's guidance.
Joel is left alone, he sat down, he is tired, he is terrified, and he can't think clearly. Someone walks toward him, he is strangely look like him in a way, his suit is black and have a bunch of medals.
He starts a conversation with Joel, he told him he is the Leader (John De Lancie) of the project, he talks about why he build it, to protect human being from the Alien, Joel stopped him and ask why don't he chose a well trained pilot for it and why them!
Leader just told him that it is the nature of A.C.E, the alarm is ringing, the robot is ready to launch, there are thousands of route for the robot to pop up and in a minute Alina's robot popped in the capital city. Joel is looking at her from a screen.
She attacks the monster and it appears she's successful before the monster counter her attacks and starts pushing her back, the fight goes for a while and destroying the city, thankfully the citizens -most of the citizen- had been evacuated from the location.
Between the fight, Alina can see some family running away near the fight, so she tries to push the monster back and roll to the side so she can run away but the monster grab her leg and cut it off.
Joel look at it in horror, the robot try to crawl away, blood pouring from its leg, Joel run to the control room where Alina is laying, her leg was cut off, He bangs the door but were taken away by the staff.
in the end, just like Marshall, her head was cut off but this time the monster chew her head off. Joel feel to his knees, he's full of anger and demand to be put on the robot.
The leader smiles and let him, he talks to himself "My son is growing up"
He lay in the capsule and his consciousness was transfers to the robot and he was launched.
The robot pop up from the underground, there is some smoke coming out of the robot, the leader who is watching from the base is smiling and say "Show them what A.C.E can do!"
The booster behind the robot launched it to the monster and punch the monster in the face, the monster was thrown away and the robot chase it, Joel kicks the monster with boosted leg and broke the monster's arm, the monster roar and so is the robot.
The monster tries to escape, the robot's eyes are glowing and from it shoots laser beam and evaporate the monster, the laser is so strong it went through the atmosphere and can be seen from Jupiter.
The robot fell on its knee and the leader smiles and clap.
"This is exactly the type of film that can thrive on a small screen format like LRF NOW, but would flounder on the big screen. There is no big screen audience for anime fans, but the fans will get a version for LRF at long last, and I doubt it will disappoint them."
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