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.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.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.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations
Hôshi Ishida
- Shifan
- (as Hoshi Ishida)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe name of the aliens in this film, the "Daggra", is the Tibetan word for "Enemy".
- GoofsDuring the highway chase when the car is blown into the air and falls back down, the cable that was used by the crane to lift the car up into the air so they could drop it again is visible as the vehicle crashes to the ground.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Troldspejlet: Episode #30.9 (2004)
- SoundtracksDig In
Performed by Lenny Kravitz
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A Good Japanese Sci-Fi Adventure
In 2084, the mankind is near total annihilation by alien invaders. Milly (Anne Suzuki), a young woman from the Earth resistance, uses a time machine and returns to October, 2002, trying to avoid the beginning of alien invasion and the war. In her arrival in a ship, she is rescued and saved from the Yakuza evil boss Mizoguchi (Goro Kishitani) by a hit-man called Miyamoto (Takeshi Kaneshiro). Using unconventional methods, Milly forces Miyamoto to help her to save the human race.
"The Returner" is a good surprise: the story uses many elements of "The Matrix" (the shootings, the costume of Miyamoto), "Clockstoppers" (the apparatus that makes time stand quite still), "The Terminator" (the traveling back in time to save the human race) and even "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (an alien that wants to return home). However, although having some flaws in the story (as usual, when dealing with time travel), it is a great entertainment. The chemistry between the beautiful Anne Suzuki and Takeshi Kaneshiro is excellent, and Goro Kishitani is a great villain. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "O Retorno" ("The Return")
"The Returner" is a good surprise: the story uses many elements of "The Matrix" (the shootings, the costume of Miyamoto), "Clockstoppers" (the apparatus that makes time stand quite still), "The Terminator" (the traveling back in time to save the human race) and even "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (an alien that wants to return home). However, although having some flaws in the story (as usual, when dealing with time travel), it is a great entertainment. The chemistry between the beautiful Anne Suzuki and Takeshi Kaneshiro is excellent, and Goro Kishitani is a great villain. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "O Retorno" ("The Return")
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $73,060
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $29,214
- Oct 19, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $9,978,256
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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