Guyver

1991

Action / Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

50
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 39% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 39% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.0/10 10 6844 6.8K

tokusatsu super soldier superhero based on manga guyver

Plot summary

FBI agent Max Reed witnesses Dr. Tetsu Segawa - a researcher for the mysterious Chronos Corporation - being murdered. Dr. Segawa had stolen an alien device known as "The Guyver" from Chronos. College student Sean Barker, whose girlfriend's father was Dr. Segawa, finds the Guyver's hiding spot while watching the forensic team investigating the crime scene.

Director

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Screaming Mad George

Top cast

David Wells Photo
David Wells as Dr. Gordon
Greg Joung Paik Photo
Greg Joung Paik as Dr. Tetsu Segawa
Peter Spellos Photo
Peter Spellos as Ramsey
Michael Berryman Photo
Michael Berryman as Lisker
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849.75 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 7
1.7 GB
1920*1072
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 26
4.15 GB
3840*2160
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by fmarkland32 5 / 10

Cyber Trackers

Jack Armstrong stars as a Sean a 20 something martial artist who finds an alien suit and becomes a super hero who fights alien creatures, meanwhile CIA agent Mark Hamill is putting 2 and 2 together, also The Guyver's girlfriends father who was killed by the corporate types also want the suit. The Guyver has just too much plot and yet at the same time it feels juvenile and silly. I remember watching this and being very disappointed that Mark Hamill wasn't the star, in fact it was the biggest letdown as Armstrong is a blah hero. In hindsight on rewatch The Guyver is a victim of being made before it's time. The special effects are pretty impressive and the monster vs Guyver battles are fun and it's nice to see Michael Berryman and Re-Animator's David Gale and of course Luke Skywalker, but the problem here is that the tone is all over the map and the film follows a rather predictable action flick format. Indeed the movie I was most reminded of was the Dolph Lundgren Punisher which I recommended, both share a similar cheesy feel, but where as that one worked as an adequate action/anti-hero flick, this one has too much plot getting in the way of the action and it has to be said how Armstrong is no action star and not a really much of an actor. I feel like this was made in the wrong decade, as the 80s would've yielded an action orientated flick while if made now would be done with an attention to detail to the superhero angle and would work really well. As it is, I was entertained, but you feel like it could've been better. So, an interesting failure, I guess, but also a guilty pleasure.* * Out Of 4-(Fair)
Reviewed by CC_The_Martian 4 / 10

Serious tonal problems

I love tokusatsu, in any shape size or form. So I was excited about this film when I first heard of it, an American tokusatsu based on an anime I had never heard of with a really cool premise, a human discovers an alien device which turns into a suit of living armour (I love living suit superheroes). But there is one distinct problem with this concept, translation. This was during the 90s and people weren't sure how seriously to take anime yet, a problem which translates into this film which has no idea what kind of tone it's going for. Firstly the positives; the fight choreography in this movie is nothing short of fantastic combining martial arts and wirework with really cool powers, the look of the Guyver and the Zoanoids is really really well done, the music is intense and energetic and the acting ranges from over the top and goofy to good, Mark Hamill is in this film as a cop trying to solve the mystery and he is great as always. But the film is completely ruined by it's tone, there are two movies going on here, a goofy over the top fun film and a serious gritty film, the two mesh HORRIBLY and so the film ends up being no fun at all, Give it a miss.
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