| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Takeshi Kaneshiro |
Miyamoto
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| Kirin Kiki |
Xie
|
| Anne Suzuki |
Milly
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| Goro Kishitani |
Mizoguchi
|
| Yukiko Okamoto |
Dr. Yagi
|
| Kisuke Iida |
Karasawa
|
| Kazuya Shimizu |
Murakami
|
| Chiharu Kawai |
Liu's Interpreter
|
| Dean Harrington |
Dr. Brown
|
| Mitsuru Murata |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Adventure |
| Director |
Takashi Yamazaki |
| Producer |
Chikahiro Ando; Toru Horibe |
| Writer |
Kenya Hirata; Takashi Yamazaki |
| Studio |
Columbia TriStar |
|
| Language |
Japanese |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
116 mins |
| Country |
Japan |
| Color |
Color |
|
| Plot |
| There's not a single original idea in Returner, but that doesn't stop this Japanese sci-fi action thriller from being a whole lotta fun. Combining elements of (what else?) The Matrix, E.T., The Terminator, and Independence Day, plus a dash of Back to the Future (among others), the mayhem begins when scruffy survivor Milly (Anne Suzuki) uses a time portal to leap from 2084--when humans are being systematically wiped out by invading aliens--to 2002, where she hooks up with a gunslinging maverick (Takeshi Kaneshiro) whose swirling overcoat and hair-trigger attitude make him the live-action equivalent of the quintessential anime hero. Together, they thwart a Yakuza psychopath (played with hilariously laconic nihilism by Goro Kishitani) who's attempting to steal a recovered alien spaceship to exploit its highly advanced weaponry. In its race to avoid an end-of-the-world scenario, Returner throws in just about everything from the sci-fi anime repertoire, and director Takashi Yamazaki blithely and blatantly shifts from juvenile sentiment to violent brutality, resulting in a clash of tones that makes Returner wildly entertaining but decidedly not for children. Utterly derivative but worthwhile for sci-fi and anime fans, it's a noteworthy case of clever recycling, with energy and ammunition to spare. --Jeff Shannon |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
647 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Links |
Amazon US
Amazon UK
Amazon Fr
|
| User Lookup 1 |
DivX6 |
| User Text 1 |
Jp Fr |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
2 |
| Screen Ratio |
1.85:1 |
| UPC (Barcode) |
043396008175 |
| Release Date |
10/02/2004 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Portuguese; Spanish |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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