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Returner

Returner (リターナー, Ritaanaa) is a 2002 Japanese science fiction film directed by Takashi Yamazaki and starring Anne Suzuki and Takeshi Kaneshiro.

Returner
Directed byTakashi Yamazaki
Screenplay by
  • Kenya Hirata
  • Takashi Yamazaki[1]
Produced by
  • Chikahiro Ando
  • Toru Horibe
  • Akifumi Takuma[1]
Starring
Cinematography
  • Akira Sako
  • Kozo Shibazaki[1]
Edited byTakuya Taguchi[1]
Music byAkihiko Matsumoto[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • August 31, 2002 (2002-08-31) (Japan)
Running time
116 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
Languages
  • Japanese
  • English
  • Mandarin[2]
Box office$9.978 million[3]

Plot Edit

Milly is a soldier from 2084, where humanity is on the verge of extinction because of the "Daggra", an alien race. In mankind's final stronghold in Tibet, Milly leaps into a newly built time portal just before the fortress is overrun. The portal sends her to 2002, where her mission is to kill the first Daggra, who faked a crash landing, and stop him from signaling his invasion fleet.

Milly lands in the aftermath of a shootout in Tokyo Bay, where a hitman named Miyamoto holds the murderous Triad mobster Mizoguchi at gunpoint. Her arrival allows the mobster to escape and Miyamoto takes Milly, who he thinks he accidentally shot, back to his place. She was saved by a plate of metal in her coat. She tapes a tiny bomb to his neck and threatens him into helping her on her mission. Miyamoto has a personal score to settle with Mizoguchi, who killed his childhood friend by kidnapping him and selling off his organs.

That night, Miyamoto sees Milly cleaning up his trenchcoat on a coat hanger, so he tells her to go back to sleep. The next morning he discovers photos of himself and a newspaper article on his death. He shows these to his weapons supplier Shi, who tells him it's an elaborate trick the Triads wouldn't waste their time on.

With Shi's help, they track down where the alien spaceship crashed, but it was taken away to the National Institute of Space Science. They try to get to the spaceship to kill the alien, but Mizoguchi arrives and tries to take the facility over. Milly is surprised at the alien, it is not what she expected. She hesitates to kill it as Mizoguchi advances on the lab.

Using Miyamoto as its mouthpiece, the alien says it wants to go home. Milly realizes that she has been lied to. The humans and not the aliens, started the war which has been destroying the human race. They started it when they captured and killed the alien. She now knows they have to stop Mizoguchi as he wants the alien technology to take over the world. Following the destruction of the Space Science lab, Mizoguchi and his goons take the alien and its ship. Meanwhile, Miyamoto and Milly regroup for the next part of her mission.

The duo again confronts Mizoguchi at an abandoned oil rig, where they rescue the alien. Surviving a huge explosion, a bloodied Mizoguchi threatens to kill them all for ruining his plans. However, his bullets hit an invisible force field. Miyamoto quickly grabs the gun and kills Mizoguchi. Before they can figure out where the force field came from a Daggra craft, disguised as a Boeing 747-400 airliner arrives,[4] having received the alien's distress signal. The Daggra take their wounded comrade and leave Earth. As the future war has ceased to exist, Milly slowly disappears.

Shortly after the incident, Miyamoto decides to give up his life of violence and hands in his guns to Shi. While walking home, he is confronted by a thug whose life he had spared earlier at Tokyo Bay. Realizing that he is weaponless, Miyamoto is helpless as the thug shoots him. The thug walks away, assuming that Miyamoto is dead. A little later, Miyamoto staggers up and finds his life was saved by a plate of metal similar to Milly's. The plate has a written message by Milly, telling him she has repaid him. Miyamoto recalls the night Milly messed around with his trenchcoat. While Miyamoto and Milly were asleep, a second, future Milly traveled from the future and slipped the metal plate into his trenchcoat before returning to her timeline. On her way out, she accidentally drops the newspaper article on Miyamoto's death.

Cast Edit

Release Edit

Returner was released theatrically in Japan on August 31, 2002 where it was distributed by Toho.[1] The film premiered at number one in the Japanese box office on its release, beating The Cat Returns, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Resident Evil.[5] It grossed a total of $9,564,276 in Japan.[3]

It received a theatrical release in the United States through Destination Films and Samuel Goldwyn Films with English subtitles on October 17, 2003.[1]

Reception Edit

Returner has received generally negative reviews, with a 35% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[6] Derek Elley of Variety wrote on his review that "Kaneshiro is all long flowing locks and smoldering disdain, the visual F/X are only so-so, and pacing is almost brisk enough to hide the plot holes."[2] Don Willmott of Filmcritic.com gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, calling it "a watchable, if somewhat absurd, sci-fi stir fry."[7]

On the positive side, Jo Berry of Empire magazine gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, saying, "So much of this film is 'borrowed' it's like watching a chirpy tribute band. Good fun."[8] Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle also offered qualified praise, pointing out that "with little room for new ideas, the film must rely on the strength of its actors, and they're excellent across the board."[9]

References Edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Galbraith IV 2008, p. 424.
  2. ^ a b Elley, Derek (April 22, 2003). "Review: 'Returner'". Variety. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Returner (2003) - Box Office Mojo". Internet Movie Database. March 28, 2017.
  4. ^ Fawesum (13 June 2006). "Boeing 747 Transformer". Archived from the original on 2021-12-12 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ "Japan Box Office". Internet Movie Database. March 28, 2017.
  6. ^ "Returner (Ritana)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  7. ^ . Filmcritic.com. Archived from the original on 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  8. ^ "Empire's Returner Movie Review". Empireonline.com. 2006-12-05. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  9. ^ "FILM CLIPS / Also opening today". SFGate. 2003-10-17. Retrieved 2012-11-30.

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For other uses see Returner disambiguation Returner リターナー Ritaanaa is a 2002 Japanese science fiction film directed by Takashi Yamazaki and starring Anne Suzuki and Takeshi Kaneshiro ReturnerDirected byTakashi YamazakiScreenplay byKenya Hirata Takashi Yamazaki 1 Produced byChikahiro Ando Toru Horibe Akifumi Takuma 1 StarringTakeshi Kaneshiro Anne Suzuki Kirin Kiki Goro Kishitani Dean HarringtonCinematographyAkira Sako Kozo Shibazaki 1 Edited byTakuya Taguchi 1 Music byAkihiko Matsumoto 1 ProductioncompaniesAmuse Fuji Television Imagica Robot Shirogumi Toho 1 Distributed byTohoRelease dateAugust 31 2002 2002 08 31 Japan Running time116 minutes 1 CountryJapanLanguagesJapanese English Mandarin 2 Box office 9 978 million 3 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Release 4 Reception 5 References 5 1 Bibliography 6 External linksPlot EditMilly is a soldier from 2084 where humanity is on the verge of extinction because of the Daggra an alien race In mankind s final stronghold in Tibet Milly leaps into a newly built time portal just before the fortress is overrun The portal sends her to 2002 where her mission is to kill the first Daggra who faked a crash landing and stop him from signaling his invasion fleet Milly lands in the aftermath of a shootout in Tokyo Bay where a hitman named Miyamoto holds the murderous Triad mobster Mizoguchi at gunpoint Her arrival allows the mobster to escape and Miyamoto takes Milly who he thinks he accidentally shot back to his place She was saved by a plate of metal in her coat She tapes a tiny bomb to his neck and threatens him into helping her on her mission Miyamoto has a personal score to settle with Mizoguchi who killed his childhood friend by kidnapping him and selling off his organs That night Miyamoto sees Milly cleaning up his trenchcoat on a coat hanger so he tells her to go back to sleep The next morning he discovers photos of himself and a newspaper article on his death He shows these to his weapons supplier Shi who tells him it s an elaborate trick the Triads wouldn t waste their time on With Shi s help they track down where the alien spaceship crashed but it was taken away to the National Institute of Space Science They try to get to the spaceship to kill the alien but Mizoguchi arrives and tries to take the facility over Milly is surprised at the alien it is not what she expected She hesitates to kill it as Mizoguchi advances on the lab Using Miyamoto as its mouthpiece the alien says it wants to go home Milly realizes that she has been lied to The humans and not the aliens started the war which has been destroying the human race They started it when they captured and killed the alien She now knows they have to stop Mizoguchi as he wants the alien technology to take over the world Following the destruction of the Space Science lab Mizoguchi and his goons take the alien and its ship Meanwhile Miyamoto and Milly regroup for the next part of her mission The duo again confronts Mizoguchi at an abandoned oil rig where they rescue the alien Surviving a huge explosion a bloodied Mizoguchi threatens to kill them all for ruining his plans However his bullets hit an invisible force field Miyamoto quickly grabs the gun and kills Mizoguchi Before they can figure out where the force field came from a Daggra craft disguised as a Boeing 747 400 airliner arrives 4 having received the alien s distress signal The Daggra take their wounded comrade and leave Earth As the future war has ceased to exist Milly slowly disappears Shortly after the incident Miyamoto decides to give up his life of violence and hands in his guns to Shi While walking home he is confronted by a thug whose life he had spared earlier at Tokyo Bay Realizing that he is weaponless Miyamoto is helpless as the thug shoots him The thug walks away assuming that Miyamoto is dead A little later Miyamoto staggers up and finds his life was saved by a plate of metal similar to Milly s The plate has a written message by Milly telling him she has repaid him Miyamoto recalls the night Milly messed around with his trenchcoat While Miyamoto and Milly were asleep a second future Milly traveled from the future and slipped the metal plate into his trenchcoat before returning to her timeline On her way out she accidentally drops the newspaper article on Miyamoto s death Cast EditTakeshi Kaneshiro as Miyamoto Anne Suzuki as Milly Goro Kishitani as Mizoguchi Kirin Kiki as Shi Zhi Tang Dean Harrington as Dr BrownRelease EditReturner was released theatrically in Japan on August 31 2002 where it was distributed by Toho 1 The film premiered at number one in the Japanese box office on its release beating The Cat Returns Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones and Resident Evil 5 It grossed a total of 9 564 276 in Japan 3 It received a theatrical release in the United States through Destination Films and Samuel Goldwyn Films with English subtitles on October 17 2003 1 Reception EditReturner has received generally negative reviews with a 35 rating on Rotten Tomatoes 6 Derek Elley of Variety wrote on his review that Kaneshiro is all long flowing locks and smoldering disdain the visual F X are only so so and pacing is almost brisk enough to hide the plot holes 2 Don Willmott of Filmcritic com gave the film 2 out of 5 stars calling it a watchable if somewhat absurd sci fi stir fry 7 On the positive side Jo Berry of Empire magazine gave the film 3 out of 5 stars saying So much of this film is borrowed it s like watching a chirpy tribute band Good fun 8 Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle also offered qualified praise pointing out that with little room for new ideas the film must rely on the strength of its actors and they re excellent across the board 9 References Edit a b c d e f g h i Galbraith IV 2008 p 424 a b Elley Derek April 22 2003 Review Returner Variety Retrieved March 28 2017 a b Returner 2003 Box Office Mojo Internet Movie Database March 28 2017 Fawesum 13 June 2006 Boeing 747 Transformer Archived from the original on 2021 12 12 via YouTube Japan Box Office Internet Movie Database March 28 2017 Returner Ritana Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved 2012 11 30 Filmcritic com Filmcritic com Archived from the original on 2007 11 12 Retrieved 2012 11 30 Empire s Returner Movie Review Empireonline com 2006 12 05 Retrieved 2012 11 30 FILM CLIPS Also opening today SFGate 2003 10 17 Retrieved 2012 11 30 Bibliography Edit Galbraith IV Stuart 2008 The Toho Studios Story A History and Complete Filmography Scarecrow Press ISBN 978 1461673743 External links EditReturner at AllMovie Returner at Rotten Tomatoes Returner at IMDb Returner at LoveHKFilm com Returner at Metacritic Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Returner amp oldid 1157702889, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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