

Sid uses the seventh spirit to bring Aki's infection back under control, reviving her.

Her dream reveals to her that the Phantoms are the spirits of dead aliens brought to Earth on a fragment of their destroyed planet. Aki and the Deep Eyes squad succeed in finding the seventh spirit as Aki's infection begins to worsen and she slips into unconsciousness. However, this revelation leads Hein to incorrectly conclude that she is being controlled by the Phantoms. Aki delays the use of the cannon by revealing that she has been infected and the collected spirits are keeping her infection stable, convincing the council that there may be another way to defeat the Phantoms. Hein is determined to use the Zeus cannon, a powerful weapon aboard a space station, to destroy the Phantoms, though Sid is concerned the cannon will damage Earth's Gaia (a spirit representing its ecosystem). Returning to her barrier city, Aki joins Sid and appears before the leadership council along with General Douglas Hein ( James Woods). It is revealed that Gray was once romantically involved with Aki. Aki searches for the sixth spirit in the ruins of New York City when she is cornered by Phantoms but rescued by Captain Gray Edwards ( Alec Baldwin) and his squad Deep Eyes, consisting of Master Sergeant Ryan Whittaker ( Ving Rhames), Neil Fleming ( Steve Buscemi) and Corporal Jane Proudfoot ( Peri Gilpin). When joined, the resulting energy wave can negate the Phantoms. Sid ( Donald Sutherland), discover a means of defeating the Phantoms by gathering eight spirits: unique energy patterns contained by various lifeforms. Aki Ross ( Ming-Na Wen) and her mentor, Dr. After being infected by a Phantom during one of her experiments, scientist Dr.

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The surviving humans live in "barrier cities" protected by energy shields that prevent Phantoms from entering, and are engaged in an ongoing struggle to free the planet. By physical contact Phantoms consume the Gaia spirit of living beings, killing them instantly, although minor contact may only result in an infection. In 2065, Earth is infested by alien life forms known as Phantoms. The film has been called a box-office bomb and is blamed for the demise of Square Pictures. Due to rising costs, the film greatly exceeded its original budget toward the end of production, reaching a final cost of $137 million (equivalent to $205 million in 2022) it grossed only $85.1 million at the box office. It received mixed reviews, but was widely praised for its characters' realism. The Spirits Within premiered in Los Angeles on July 2, 2001, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 11. Square intended to make the character of Aki Ross into the world's first photorealistic computer-animated actress, with plans for appearances in multiple films in different roles. It took a staff of 200 about four years to complete The Spirits Within. A render farm of 960 workstations was tasked with rendering each of the film's 141,964 frames. Square Pictures rendered the film using some of the most advanced processing capabilities available at the time.

Aki and Sid must fight against General Hein, who wants to use more violent means to end the conflict. The film stars the voices of Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, James Woods, Ving Rhames, Peri Gilpin, and Steve Buscemi, and follows scientists Aki Ross and Doctor Sid in their efforts to free a post-apocalyptic Earth from the Phantoms, a mysterious, deadly alien race who has driven the remnants of humanity into "barrier cities". It was the first photorealistic computer-animated feature film and the most expensive video game-inspired film until the release of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in 2010. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is an American-Japanese 2001 computer-animated science fiction film directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy franchise.
