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Returner

The future could be history.

2002 · 1h 56m · R Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by Takashi Yamazaki

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Overview

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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36%
Tomatometer
Rotten

A fourth-generation Terminator hand-me-down.

David Chute, L.A. Weekly
Fresh

This irresistibly over-the-top delight remains truly original in spite of its debt to an array of cinematic chestnuts.

Ted Fry, Seattle Times
Fresh

With little room for new ideas, the film must rely on the strength of its actors, and they're excellent across the board.

Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten

Returner was a huge hit in Japan, but this would- be sci-fi epic is soporific, shamelessly derivative and barely coherent by American standards.

Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Rotten

This Japanese sci-fi actioner copies so many Hollywood hits that it should win an award from the Xerox Corp.

Richard James Havis, Hollywood Reporter

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