All You Need Is Kill

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All You Need Is Kill

R

Jan 2026

1h 25m

Sci-Fi

Action

Fantasy

Anime

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In the year 20XX, a huge and mysterious flower called "Darol" suddenly appears in Japan. Volunteers like Rita, a resourceful but lonely young woman who does not fit in with her peers, are dispatched to help clean up and rebuild. But one day, Darol suddenly emits a deafening signal, and its surrounding fruit bursts, revealing hordes of creatures that quickly slaughter everyone. Rita makes a valiant attempt to escape but dies in the attempt. Then... she wakes up again, only to witness the same tragedy. And again. Stuck in an inexplicable time loop, Rita struggles until she meets Keiji, a shy young man who is also experiencing the loop alongside her. Based on the worldwide best-selling light novel and manga, ALL YOU NEED IS KILL is a thrilling and big-hearted vision of what it means to live for tomorrow.

Critics Consensus

A richly animated and emotionally resonant time loop tale, All You Need Is Kill transforms its relentless cycle of death into a surprisingly hopeful, heartfelt journey.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Mar 3

The story might be familiar but the dazzling animation makes it well worth a return visit.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Feb 26

4/5

Occasionally, the 3D character animation and frame-rate stutter in the margins. But the film’s approximation of temporal confines never leaves the viewer feeling stuck in a moment.

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Phil Hoad

Guardian

Feb 24

2/5

It might work if Rita was a more appealing protagonist, capable of wringing out gallows humour or personal tragedy from her predicament. Apart from an unconvincingly dumped backstory about parental abuse, though, she is largely a vehement-looking blank.

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Samuel Leggett Jr.

JVS Media & Productions/Team JVS

Feb 20

A-

It's a beautiful story that flows seamlessly with top-tier animation and a great sound design. They handle both sides of humanity in a specific, poignant way. It’s an insane journey and an easy recommendation.

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Feb 18

5/5

Filmmaker Kenichiro Akimoto has created an unusually immersive film that quickly gets under the skin, and the riveting storytelling puts us right in the middle of the action.

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James Marsh

South China Morning Post

Feb 13

3.5/5

Akimoto proves here that he has a unique and exciting visual sensibility, capable of elevating an otherwise conventional exercise in sci-fi escapism into a work rich with bold artistic flourish.

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Richard

Feb 28

Once you settle in with the kinda jarring art style this movie is a really good take on the novel

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Victor C

Feb 17

Different story compared the the source material andive action movie (Edge of Tomorrow) but still a good movie in its own right.

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Ben W

Feb 11

Pretty cool concepts in here and I like this take of the story. Visually interesting and I enjoyed the main characters. SOLID

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Miranda G

Feb 5

love the tom cruise version but love getting the Manga animated!!!

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Joseph O

Jan 24

The animation was attractive, more stylistic rather than realistic, especially the people in the movie. The premise was interesting with a Groundhog-Day like time loop. The ending was more bittersweet instead of the the tragic ones often seen in anime movies.

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rdbonegmailcom W

Jan 23

Something extremely different from the usual repetitive movies we usually get

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Synopsis

In the year 20XX, a huge and mysterious flower called "Darol" suddenly appears in Japan. Volunteers like Rita, a resourceful but lonely young woman who does not fit in with her peers, are dispatched to help clean up and rebuild. But one day, Darol suddenly emits a deafening signal, and its surrounding fruit bursts, revealing hordes of creatures that quickly slaughter everyone. Rita makes a valiant attempt to escape but dies in the attempt. Then... she wakes up again, only to witness the same tragedy. And again. Stuck in an inexplicable time loop, Rita struggles until she meets Keiji, a shy young man who is also experiencing the loop alongside her. Based on the worldwide best-selling light novel and manga, ALL YOU NEED IS KILL is a thrilling and big-hearted vision of what it means to live for tomorrow.

Director: Kenichiro Akimoto
Producer: Yukinori Nakamura, Eiko Tanaka
Screenwriter: Yuichiro Kido
Distributor: GKIDS
Production Co: Studio 4°C
Rating: R (Some Violence/Bloody Images)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Fantasy, Anime
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 16, 2026, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 14, 2026
Box Office (Gross USA): $502.4K
Runtime: 1h 25m