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The Guyver

Play trailer Poster for The Guyver PG-13 1992 1h 32m Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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When a researcher at the Chronos Corporation is mysteriously killed, his daughter (Vivian Wu) ; her boyfriend, Sean (Jack Armstrong) ; and a rogue CIA agent named Max Reed (Mark Hamill) all suspect foul play. Sean discovers a top-secret suit of Chronos armor called "the Guyver," which fuses to his body when he tries it on, turning him into a supremely powerful cyborg. Chronos' evil CEO, Fulton Balcus (David Gale), is enraged and sends a crew of mutant alien monsters to get the Guyver back.

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy With that supporting cast and the funky monster designs, this should have been so much better. Rated: 2/4 Jun 30, 2024 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Essentially, nothing about this endeavor is taken seriously; even the fight sequences are orchestrated like live-action cartoons. Rated: 5/10 Jan 2, 2022 Full Review Ed Travis Cinapse The Guyver is weird, wild, and wonderful, featuring incredible creature designs and make up effects, fantastic martial arts action, and an impossibly weird and indelible world all on what must have been a shoestring budget. Aug 29, 2021 Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Film Threat It's pretty sad that New Line couldn't turn such a great science fiction property in to a big budget action franchise... Aug 9, 2007 Full Review Rob Vaux Flipside Movie Emporium Rated: 1/5 Aug 1, 2002 Full Review Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com Earns points for the weirdness; extra credit for the ultra-violent action bits. Rated: 3/5 Jul 26, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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Anderson O The Guyver differentiates from its source material but solid live action film. Unique in the time of sc-fi horror and adventure elements, mark hamil is strong as a supporting cast member. Pacing and humor is so-so but not the most entertaining of adaptions. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/03/24 Full Review connor s I love this movie it is way out of its time for being so low budget the effects are amazing and the yr this came out awesome that this studio could something like this film off. I own both films but this I own special edition blu Ray and it is gorgeous I will continue watching this movie Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/06/24 Full Review Faye S This movies slaps hard, don't take it too seriously. Star studded-cast, some absolutely insanely good effects for the time it was made. Just all around fun. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/27/23 Full Review Audience Member How weird was it when The Guyver just randomly showed up in my local video store, unannounced, bringing Japan weirdness into my 19-year-old movie rental obsession life? When Dr. Tetsu Segawa steals the Guyver unit from the villainous company he's been working for, his daughter's boyfriend Sean accidentally finds it, puts it in his backpack and has it fuse with his body after he's attacked by a street gang. That makes him a marked man by Fulton Balcus (David Gale) and his gang of Zoanoid mutants, which includes Lisker (Michael Berryman), M.C. Striker (Jimmie Walker) and Weber (Spice Williams-Crosby). Directed by Screaming Mad George and Steve Wang, this movie has some of the wildest effects I've ever seen, full body suits that still look great thirty years after I first watched this. I'm also still surprised that Mark Hamill is in this, while not as surprised that Jeffrey Combs and Linnea Quigley are in this. Based loosely on the Yoshiki Takaya manga, this takes a lot of liberties with its inspiration, but for someone in the very landlocked small Western Pennsylvania town that I grew up in, finding this on the shelves of Prime Time Video was like some kind of magic, bringing something I thought I would never see to a place that I thought I would never get out of. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Sp Q I think that this is a good movie. Yes the special effects are absolutely horrible but, hold on a second, it's 1991. CGI wasn't even a thing. Special effects were pretty much awful in all lines of cinematic entertainment. I think that you have to look at it in context. It's not a great movie but I think that to compare it to modern day movies of the same ilk is pretty ridiculous. The action is quite good and I've seen worse acting and also worse choreography. I'm 41 and I remember watching it at around 14 or so. I enjoyed it. I watched it the other day and I still enjoyed it. Of course, it looked poor by comparison to modern day movies in regards to special effects. But I think that three stars is a fair rating. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/05/21 Full Review Audience Member It is so outdated in its special effects and the cheese factor is wayyyy over the top, but as a very early 90's monster feature, its passable. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When a researcher at the Chronos Corporation is mysteriously killed, his daughter (Vivian Wu) ; her boyfriend, Sean (Jack Armstrong) ; and a rogue CIA agent named Max Reed (Mark Hamill) all suspect foul play. Sean discovers a top-secret suit of Chronos armor called "the Guyver," which fuses to his body when he tries it on, turning him into a supremely powerful cyborg. Chronos' evil CEO, Fulton Balcus (David Gale), is enraged and sends a crew of mutant alien monsters to get the Guyver back.
Director
Screaming Mad George, Steve Wang
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Aug 17, 2004
Runtime
1h 32m
Sound Mix
Surround
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