Hassei Takano, Masaya Kikawada, Rena Komine

Set on world domination, evil terrorist organization Shocker kidnaps young college student Takeshi Hongo and turns him into one of its cyborg killing machines. Sent to assassinate a female reporter, H...( read more  read more... )ongo instead ends up regaining his human awareness and resolves to use his new powers to battle Shocker. This futuristic actioner is based on the classic Japanese program "Kamen Rider," which premiered on television in 1971.

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Directed by: Takao Nagaishi

Release Date: November 5, 2005

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DVD Release Date: April 3, 2007

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  • May 5, 2009
    cool..new image of the kamen rider..
  • April 13, 2009
    It was fun and, since I'm not a big fan of action I was satisfied with lacking of it. It is quite Power Ranger-ish - although better, but I suppose that's how it should be, so I deal with that.
  • February 12, 2009
    a awesome movie.a great retailling of the original story.alot of great action and stunts.can't wait to see kamen rider the next.
  • October 17, 2008
    Cool custome much better than the awful original one..with linear story
  • June 2, 2008
    THIS MOVIE IS THE BEST FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT SEEN THE KAMEN RIDER SERIES FROM THE START!!

    2 THUMBS UP BOYZZZ!!
  • January 1, 2008
    Don't be ashamed if you think about the Power Rangers when seeing this. In a sense, this is what this film is sort of like. A more mature Power Rangers.

    This film runs at 90 minutes and the pace is pretty quick. It makes use of fade ins and fade outs to jump fr

    ...( read more)om sequence to sequence. There are a ton of them. While a quick pace can keep the viewer from getting bored, it sometimes moves too fast as to not give enough information. There are parts in this film which need more explanation and there is definitely room for it to be put in. Fortunately, this film is still easy to pick up and follow.

    The action comes in bunches and the choreography isn't too bad. Once again, just think of the Power Rangers. For those people that are just interesting in the action you may be disappointed. I did say that the action comes in bunches, but those bunches are not enough. Definitely more action is needed. At least the last fight is the highlight of the film, which it should be.

    The acting is OK, but there is room for improvement. The lead, played by Masaya Kikawada is probably the most disappointing. No strong facial expressions at all. Just a serious face in all situations. The better acting actually comes from Eiji Wentz and Ryoko Kobayashi, who are part of the side story in this film. They are both the younger actors as well. Go figure.

    Unless you are a fan of the Kamen Rider, this movie may not be so great. Average at best. Give this a watch if you are in the mood for a quick paced action adventure.

  • November 12, 2007
    Amazing !! Can't wait for the 2nd :)
  • October 31, 2007
    This was a good revisioning of the original Kamen Rider (Masked Rider) series from the '70's. There are some disjointed points in the story, and some really great re-visioning of the overall premise of the show. Overall I really enjoyed it.
  • August 5, 2007
    I liked it even though I knew nothing about the telelvision series.

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