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Returner Actors: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Anne Suzuki, Goro Kishitani Director: Takashi Yamazaki Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Format: Color, Widescreen, Digital Video Transfer, Surround Sound, Subtitled, Digital Sound Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Running Time: 116 minutes Studio: Columbia Tristar Hom Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2004-09-07 Buy from Amazon |
 "Great!"I greatly enjoyed this movie. Although the amazon.com description said that the ideas were not original, I found it original. Nothing in it seemed like any other movie I have ever seen, at least not noticably. The story behind it is great, and the actors have great talent. It does remind me of an anime, but if it were an anime, I doubt that it would be as good. With anime, you can make anything happen, but with live action your limited to what you can make the actors, and computers do. This movie had awesome special effects, and if you watch the extras about the sfx in the special features, you will be amazed by how they transformed, nothing into aliens, and spaceships. All in all, this was a wonderful movie.  "Stop The Aliens Before They Start"The Earth has been overrun by aliens. Only a small group remains hidden and free. They hope to go back in time to the cause of the war and prevent it. But the hideout is discovered and all is almost lost when a young, and untrained, woman jumps through the time gate to our present. Although untrained as a soldier, she does know the basics of the mission. An alien ship will crash and the occupant needs to be killed before it can start the invasion. It seems simple enough except that future knowledge is not completely accurate. The ship has already crashed and the occupant has been taken away. Now with the help of a local criminal trying to go straight, she must fight harder than she knows to give humanity a future. Good action, some nice plot twists, and a time paradox or two all combine to make an old plot seem fresh. I bought this one based on a trailer on another DVD and I was not disappointed. The film is fairly intelligent and the hero is wonderfully resourceful, desperate, and caring. Her character does not fall apart as she unravels what is going on and what she must do to stop it. Worth watching. "Great Movie!!!"Ok, i'll start off like this...if your reading the other reviews, hopefully you checked mine out at some point so you can get a better concept of this movie. FIRST: The common statement is "this" movie copies such movies as Matrix, Terminator etc. Not true, a movie isn't ever usually COPYING a movie in the first place...they just get ideas from one thing or another. With that said, Matrix and such movies get there ideas from Anime and such...not the other way around. So when you read the smart reviews by others which say this is one of the best all around asian movies (yes it actually has an interesting story and plot to it) they're right! SECOND: If your into heroic movies, if you enjoy watching the characters who are what you wish you can be and are into...this is the movie for you. THIRD: This movie really is great all around. The actors are as good as it gets. When you see them, you feel for them and pretty much like them instantly. They play there characters perfectly. I know as everyone mentions, the idea of going back in time isn't original and a couple of other things...but the ideas in the movie are perfect and what should be used. When i compare it to something, i think of Dragon Ball Z (when Trunks comes back in time to help Prevent a future problem) If you know what im talking about, its that concept. Which i think is great to see in a movie like this one. Im into Martial Arts, so at first i thought it was gonna be a cool action fighting movie...it really isn't that. Its an awesome movie that involves the look and feel from Anime (sense of humor, the heart of hero's, the looks) and the movie has very impressive special effects (not the types you see in many asian movies) and when there are battles, it involves Martial Arts...but it isn't a fight'em up movie. I did watch it in english and i thought it was really good, but it is true that sometimes movies can look and be abit cheesy when dubbed in english..i didn't think so with this, but either way you can change it to whatever you want on DVD. All in all, if you like Anime, Sci Fi, asian movies or anything thats really good...check this movie out!!! "Slick Sci-Fi Flick!":) I liked this movie. The effects were nice, not too in your face like Matrix and the "action" scenes were much better. I phrase it as "action" because they stress it as just that in the movie. Takeshi Kaneshiro's character does a flip kick in the movie and it looks believable. I never compared this movie to that other one I mentioned until writing this review just now, how odd, hehe. Of all the things that make this movie better, it's plot is even better...in that same believability vein. This one doesn't stink "silly" like the other ;p. It has a nice touch of everything. In a cold world of machines and gangs there are still those that will give of themselves for others. To me there was also this element of trust, from both main characters. Watch it and you'll see what I mean. That part I liked. Handsome Takeshi Kaneshiro and super cutey Anne Suzuki...what more can you want? :) "Fun Yakuza Sci-Fi!"Sci-fi can be done especially cheesy and this was by far not cheese at all. It was well directed, had cool special effects and an intriguing enough plot. Having the Yakuza theme was a bonus. The acting was good as well and touching enough to please without being sugary. Of course I always watch foreign films in their original language. I also liked the near equal combination of violence, action and story. I enjoyed this film and recommend it... |
