
The Arti: The Adventure Begins is the most impressive full length puppet feature I have seen since Strings. It also helps that it is equally a martial arts film, which is right up my alley. With its Wuxia themes of loyalty, betrayal and sacrifice the story is very traditional. Mo inherits a wooden robot, Arit-C, from his father which powered by a source of life called The Origin. But like life it can wither away and so it does. On his quest for its source with his sword...