Anne Suzuki, Chiharu Kawai, Dean Harrington

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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65% liked it

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35% liked it

31 critics

R, 116 min.

Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki

Release Date: August 31, 2002

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DVD Release Date: February 10, 2004

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  • July 9, 2009
    A young woman returns from the future and enlists the unwilling help of a hitman to stop an alien invasion. The Terminator meets Independence Day with a dash of Transformers in a highly derivative but fun pulp sci-fi actioner. It borrows heavily from a lot of sources and the effe...( read more)cts can occasionally feel a little "Stargate SG-1" but the likable leads and inventive visuals mean it is still very entertaining. There's the usual high octane martial arts mixed with future technology giving an excuse for some bullet-time acrobatics and Goro Kishitani makes an amusingly over the top villain. If the time travel paradox twist had been used with a little more imagination it could've been brilliant, but as it stands it's an undemandingly fun sci-fi actioner in the mold of Ryuhei Kitamura.
  • June 5, 2007
    Matrix, Back to the Future, and the Transformers all had a baby, and this is it. :p It's a fun action flick w/ one girl trying to save the world from the future alien invasion.
  • August 13, 2009
    'Returner' is a fun action movie. It should at least satisfy hardcore action fans, and should be entertaining enough for anyone looking for a fun movie
  • September 1, 2008
    A fun cross between alien invasion, ET, the Terminator and the Matrix.
  • August 24, 2008
    The movie is a hodge podge of several genres including sci-fi, action/adventure, drama, and not original in each idea...feels like "the matirx', 'E.T.' among others..but the way it all comes together..its quite entertaining.. I ended up loving it!! Both lead actor/actress are q...( read more)uite impressive in their looks and performance, and underneath all of the fireworks of this anime-feel of a movie..this is actually a sentimental story....really enjoyed this one!!
  • September 7, 2009
    Returner is mind blowing and amazing. Rent this now if your a fan of science fiction.
  • July 25, 2009
    My international butta! Its like ET, Terminator and Independence Day all put together.
  • July 16, 2009
    SAW THE PREVIEWS LOOKS AMAZING. AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE AWESOME. THE EFFECTS RIVAL TRANSFORMERS, WELL BEFORE ITS TIME.
  • June 25, 2009
    Not the greatest sci-fi story, but Takeshi Kaneshiro is totally awesome. If Keanu Reeves had any talent, Takeshi Kaneshiro would still be ten times better!
  • May 5, 2009
    I'd seen the transformer portion of this movie on YouTube and finally found and loved the film.

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  • pavacri23
    June 2, 2008
    this movie is one of the best science fiction japanese movie ever

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