Returner
Original title: Ritânâ
“The future could be history.”
2002 · 1 h 56 min
Cast
Takeshi Kaneshiro 
Anne Suzuki 
Gorō Kishitani 
Kirin Kiki 
Yukiko Okamoto 
Mitsu Murata
Credits
Written by: 
Takashi Yamazaki
Plot
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.
Sinekatalog’s take
Takashi Yamazaki's sci-fi action film is stylish and derivative, borrowing from Terminator and The Matrix.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (11,928 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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