Returner
“The future could be history.”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 56, rated by 1 admin.
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An alien invasion, a time traveller and a gunman all need the same afternoon. Returner borrows freely from turn-of-the-century action cinema, then moves briskly between gangster business and science fiction. The mashup is the pleasure, with some long fights testing the goodwill.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 4.5/10
- Plot
- 7.5/10
- Effects
- 3.5/10
- Dialogue
- 5/10
- Rewatchability
- 7.5/10
“Tomorrow's apocalypse has interrupted today's gangster movie.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 56
Synopsis and movie facts
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.
- Released
- 2002
- Directed by
- Takashi Yamazaki
- Running time
- 116 min
- Original title
- リターナー
Starring
- Takeshi Kaneshiro as Miyamoto
- Anne Suzuki as Milly
- Kirin Kiki as Xia
- Goro Kishitani as Mizoguchi
- Yukiko Okamoto as Dr. Yagi
- Mitsu Murata as Henchman
- Kisuke Iida as Henchman
- Kazuya Shimizu as Murakami
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: Returner (2002), directed by Takashi Yamazaki. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · millionmonkeytheater.com
The review describes the gangster-and-Matrix mixture, finds the leads' relationship effective and calls the film watchable, while tiring of some extended action. Full review text consulted on 2026-11-10.
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