“When our world ended, their mission began”.

After an apocalyptic war between human and machines, the world is completely destroyed and without human life. The burlap doll 9 awakes without voice and finds a weird object in the middle of the debris that he brings with him. While walking through the ruins, 9 is attacked by a machine called Beast but he is saved by another doll called 2 that fixes his voice. 2 brings 9 to meet his hidden community, leaded by the chickenshit 1. When 2 is captured by a machine, the newcomer 9 convinces the other dolls to go with him to rescue 2. However, 9 places the device that he found in a slot and activates a lethal machine called Brain. The burlap dolls are chased by Brain and despite the advices of 1 that they should hide, 9 organizes an attack to destroy Brain.

9 is one of the better animated movies I’ve seen in a while. I really love the post-apocalyptic, junkyard-ish style that is used throughout the movie. The characters are a bit shallow and the dialogue is often lacking credibility. But even considering these two (usually major) flaws, I still enjoyed this 1 hour and 15 minutes show.

Give it a shot. The scenery and playfulness in animations make up for the flaws in character depth.