KITE

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2014 | 15 | 86 minutes | £ 19.99 ( Blu‑ray)/ £ 15.99 ( DVD) In this live- action take on a 1998 anime, an orphaned schoolgirl who was made into a sex slave slaughters her way through a prostitution ring to get to the Mr Big responsible for her parents’ deaths. Set in a post- financial collapse future, it’s toned down compared to the original, but still pretty violent. The director’s over- use of the smoke machine is annoying, and the whole teenage assassin thing feels pretty old- hat after Kick- Ass and Hanna.