Netflix's Love, Death & Robots: All 18 Episodes, Ranked Worst To Best
3. Shape-Shifters
Deep in Afghanistan, two Marines with supernatural powers face a threat from one of their own kind.
A metaphor for racism and tolerance, Shape-Shifters is a war drama with fantasy in its heart. The photo-realistic animation is incredible, but only on-par for Love, Death & Robots. The cinematography is the star to Shape-Shifters; first person point of view and one-shots prove that much like The Witness; the director knew his way around a camera.
The transformation is a bit lacking in what we’ve seen in mainstream media, but the fight is top notch. When the Shape-Shifters duke it out all bets are off and it’s a gnarly and hard-to-stomach blood fest. Dog eat dog, if I may (I may).
The allegories play pretty smart and don’t hit you over the head the way many writers would have. This one feels a bit subjective as war films have always been a niche for me, but it’s unanimous it’s one of the better entries of the 18.