▪	RELEASED BY:		MVM
		▪	ASPECT RATIO:		16:9 ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN
		▪	AUDIO:		ENGLISH AND JAPANESE DD  5.1
		▪	RUNNING TIME:		100 MIN
		▪	RATING:		15
		▪	RELEASE DATE:		10/01/2007
		▪	REVIEW DATE:		09/29/2007
		▪	REVIEWED BY:		SANDRA SCHOLES

Mon and Timothy come back to the commune while Vincent is cornered by the people there and blamed for what has occurred there with the killings that have taken place. Hoody speaks up for Vincent and hails him as a great revolutionary figure, the chosen one to help with the resistance against the dome of Romdo's institution. Hoody thinks he will help them to retaliate against Romdo, but as there have been many patrols and lives lost because of him, they feel it useless to revolt. Hoody admits to Vincent he exaggerated about his being such a great revolutionary, but he could have had a mob on his hands, beating him up.

Mon finds Vincent hiding from the others, while the other residents are looking for him. Hoody seeks Vincent and thinks he is regretting the revolt and leaving Romdo.

A lone craft circles the area around the commune, and as it lands safely Hoody is told of the Negotiator who has arrived behind him in a space suit. But who is this mysterious stranger who comes from so far away?

This is a dark and gothic thriller based on a dark idea of how the future would look if the government became so rigid that they would institute a curfew, and hide what the real life around people really was. The very shape of existence would be rendered useless and the people would just become automatons of the government's creation.

The viewer will enjoy the amount of noir actually in this volume, as well as the character development, which proves to be rather intense and highly interesting to those interested in thrillers with a sci-fi twist.

There is an element of confusion within the running storyline, though it adds to the strange element of the story itself. The characters themselves are stuck in a rut and both discover what the government has really been doing all along while the people of Romdo have been living in a dream world.

In all truth, the animation is spot on in its darkly pessimistic view of the future, and is realistically done as far as can be noticed. The characters seem to have had the souls taken from them as they have been living in that domed city, and though they have broken out, they still live in fear of the state who opposes them living alone and breaking free of their oppressive binds.

This volume concentrates on both characters of Re-l and Vincent respectively, and their lives now that they are both living their lives. One trying to keep out of the way of the government while the other is in search of Vincent.

There is a great sense of hope in this volume, though there is the impression that something cruel might come from nowhere sending the commune's people's hope into nothing more than a dream. This is what the viewer will think when they watch the four episodes. There is a feeling of despair that hangs in the air, and anything could happen in this second volume.

The entire series up to press has been highly thought provoking and cerebral, making the viewer really think about what is happening in a world that has too many boundaries to mention, though not enough to keep in the once person who could help the people outside the city.

The opening theme to the anime, "Kiri" by Monrai is a superbly haunting song that will stay with the viewer for a long time as it is very suited to the story, and has an uplifting quality as well.

EXTRAS:
Trailers for existing anime.

IN SUMMARY:
Dark and doomy - a terrifying futuristic vision.