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"Re-Turner" (RETURNER or Ritaanaa) is a 2002 live action Japanese movie, directed by Takashi Yamasaki and starring Takeshi Kaneshiro. In it, Suzuki plays a soldier from the future sent back to stop an incident that led to an alien invasion and utter slaughter of planet Earth. Kaneshiro's character is a hitman who accidently shoots her and becomes a reluctant helper in her mission.

This second outing by the director Takashi Yamasaki utilizes a fair number of computer generated visual effects showing bullet time, mecha and transformer-style alien ships. As happens often in Japanese movies, it has a bit of a noir style, but it is largely a mix of other movies -- a bit of The Terminator, E.T., The Matrix and Independence Day medley with an extra dose of gangster violence. This movie continues the progression that includes Casshern coming out of Japan since the release of The Matrix that some North American viewers with insights into Japanese or Asian cinema in general would be happy to see, despite it appearing to be a derivative work.

Cast

Takeshi Kaneshiro
as Miyamoto
Anne Suzuki
as Milly
Goro Kishitani as Mizoguchi
Kirin Kiki as Xie

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