Synopsis
A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion which will wipe out the human race.
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Cast
- Takeshi KaneshiroMiyamoto
- Anne SuzukiMilly
- Kirin KikiXia
- Goro KishitaniMizoguchi
- Yukiko OkamotoDr. Yagi
- Mitsu MurataHenchman
- Kisuke IidaHenchman
- Kazuya ShimizuMurakami
- Chiharu KawaiInterpreter
- Dean HarringtonDr. Brown
Recommendations
- 67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A B-movie goof on an A-minus budget, Returner is a mini-epic tweaked with computer effects and one blazing gun battle after another and set to an anonymous techno-beat. - 60
Los Angeles Times
Like all good B-movies, Returner comes loaded with enough eccentric touches to give the recycling a whiff of freshness and, as is often the case with many above-par follies, it's the cast that takes the whole thing to another level. - 50
Variety
Kaneshiro is all long flowing locks and smoldering disdain, the visual F/X are only so-so, and pacing is almost brisk enough to hide the plot holes. - 50
The A.V. Club
Yamazaki is clearly a science-fiction fan himself, and in Returner, he shows some worthwhile style, if only by stealing the biggest and best possible elements for his serviceably entertaining genre mashup. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
Hovering between "Last Action Hero" and "E.T.," this sci-fi extravaganza is bookended with violence but has some gentle moments in between. - 40
The New York Times
A smorgasbord that seems to have been picked out of a Dumpster. It clumsily combines a fish-out-of-water story with bits lifted from sources including the "Terminator" movies, "Star Wars," "Starman," "Close Encounters," a couple of Pink Floyd albums and H. G. Wells. - 33
Entertainment Weekly
With his tousled mane and wispy facial hair, Asian pop star/ Prada model Kaneshiro suggests a Japanese Johnny Depp, but even his charisma can't carry Returner through its interminable longueurs. Blame it on Yamazaki. - 30
Village Voice
A shamelessly recycled vision of decrepit high tech.
