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Love Death + Robots: The Witness

For those people who claim that they are a movie aficionado, should check out their original series, Love Death & Robots. Although technically it is not a cinematographical movie (some but not all), the series itself became one of the unique series ever created in Netflix's history. The series itself is categorized as an American adult animated science fiction anthology web television, and produced by The series is produced by Joshua Donen, David Fincher, Jennifer Miller, and Tim Miller.

What makes the series considered as anthological is because each chapter does not necessarily intertwine with each other; instead, each episode is a stand-alone story. Other than that, Love Death & Robots, combined (and consisted of) live-action roles and animation as well, created by different crews from all around the world.


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One of the most standing pieces they released is Season 1 - Episode 3: The Witness. The story itself is short; however, it has one of the most unexpected plot twists, in my opinion. Other than the captivating narrative, I personally really enjoy the animation style and the storyboard of the whole episode. Although, fair warning, this episode, in particular, contains nude scenes and may not be appropriate for the younger audiences.


Image source: Netflix
Image source: Netflix


SPOILER:
The story is set in Hong Kong, where a man realized that he had been seen murdering someone by a woman witnesses living in a hotel across him. But the strange thing is that he noticed that the witness looks very similar to his victim. The murderer then proceeds to chase the witness, but she quickly runs for it and hails a cab while contacting the authorities about the incident, however, with her confused state, she didn't really explain it in much detail. She then went to work as a dancer in a strip club. The murderer followed her and entered the club and was immediately guided by the host to sit on a couch to watch the performance. When the witness was performing her dance, she sees the man in the audience and quickly ran from him. They began to chase each other through the city streets. The woman did steal a gun from the strip club previously, and when cornered when the murderer found her hiding in an apartment, proceed to fight over the gun. The woman ends up shooting the mand dead, realizing that someone witnessed her murder, only to recognize that the someone who saw her act, is identical to the man she just murdered.

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