Angelus2 Mina finds herself at the Gate of Rage, the door that leads to the after life. Mina is given three options, go to heaven, haunt the earth, or seek revenge against her killer and be thrown into the fires of hell for the rest of eternity. But Mina has one more problem, her fiancé, is a cop who has sworn vengeance upon the killer of his bride. Mina must stop him from killing, because if he does spill blood he will be damned. But things get worse, when the real motive of the killer is revealed.I was not expecting much from this movie, but I was caught unaware by the emotion of this movie, the choices that are made in the after life, it was very poetic. Beautiful.The whole cast gave some great performance, but it was Yumiko Shaku's performance that blew me away, the end scene was just very sad and emotional, it was beautiful acted out, when Mina must say goodbye to her lover. The one thing, I would like to have seen done better was the action, but Mina's climactic battle shut me up.Simply beautiful.

unbrokenmetal Yumiko Shaku from "Princess Blade" plays Mina who is killed at the beginning of this movie. At the gate to the next world, she is asked whether she wants to forgive and move on, stay a ghost or have revenge. It turns out to be a difficult decision.This movie was much better than I expected. Normally I drop DVDs when I read things on the back cover like "Killer cuts the hearts out of his victims" etc., but "Sky High" is the exceptional case of a movie that has a fantasy story with interesting characters, lots of sword fights and even the dreadful serial killer theme and adds it up to something fresh. That is because it does neither rely on lots of action nor on slick design, but instead gives its actors something to do and think about. Seeming a bit long with its 123 minutes to some viewers, the slow passages work well in my opinion and I wouldn't cut 1 minute from it! One the best Asian movies I have seen recently because it is less simplistic than others.

dgm20 Although this isn't like 'Versus' or 'Azumi', it plays along the same sort of line with the action and story. The performances from the cast is intriguing; some are brilliant, full of life and inspiration, while some are undemanding, dragging the film along in a slow pace. The action's incredibly exhilarating, filled with impressive sword fights and stunning magic effects but this gets sadly overshadowed by the film's slow pace and some uninteresting characterisation.Overall, this is a visually adequate but slight action thriller with a good amount of action to make this overly bearable for fans of the 'Kill Bill' series.

TEMPKENNEDY I believe Kitamura is a genius,but most people in this forum do not understand what he was trying to accomplish.The story lines in(Sky high,Versus) are basically about death and the many beliefs that are out there, about the subject.In Versus(the resurrection is mentioned)in Sky High(reincarnation, and your belief determines how you will end up in the after life).Kitamura's ability to take the right music with the right scene is staggering.The man is a true talent.Some of the comments I have read in this forum is just amazing.One person says the sword play was really weak.Once again you have someone that cannot follow a story.Ordinary people who were just about to marry and has her heart ripped out by a rich man who thought money could buy everything until his wife meet with some unfortunate accident.The point is if you have never picked up a sword how well do you think your sword play would be?Sky High is truly a great movie!