BioHunter (Special Edition)
by Yuzo Sato
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Actor: Barry Stigler, Matt K. Miller, Matt McKenzie, Mike Reynolds, Sherry LynnDirector: Yuzo Sato
Cinematographer: Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Editor: Harutoshi Ogata
Producer: Masao Maruyama
Producer: Mataichirô Yamamoto
Producer: Naoko Takahashi
Writer: Fujihiko Hosono
Writer: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language); English (Original Language); English (Dubbed)
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 58 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-01-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Urban Vision
Movie Reviews of BioHunter (Special Edition)
Movie Review: very good
Summary: 5 Stars
I personally thought this movie was very good. Some people might find the beginning scene sickening and taste less but i think it shows what the virus does by her eating his arm. Basicaly there are 2 men that are trying to combat the demon virus. In the proccess of one of there devirusings one of them gets bit my some one who has it, and gets it himself but he has a incredible will and immune system so he can control his changes. Then there is a chain of murders of young women which have there livers eaten which continues through the movie. And for the record there are no rape scenes. After one of the main characters meets the grand daughter of a very famous fortune teller who is being chased by hired thugs, he brings her back to there place and they have a talk. After this they going looking for her grand father at water falls. Then they are attacked by the prime ministers hired thugs and one of the main characters who was infected with the virus (not the narrater)(the narrater also does the voice of Tenchi Masaki on Tenchi Muyo) turns into a horrific beast and saves all of them. Then the girl wakes up and she hears a water fall, naturaly she goes toward it and she see's a temple. they go to it and find the grand father. Then the hired thugs kidnapp the girl and the grand father and go to the ocean. also the demon virus infected character gets his hand blown off when the thugs drop a bomb and the hand grabs onto the helicopter which ends up guiding them. they finnaly get there. the prime minister is the one who is "demon possed" and was eating the womens livers as explained by the fortune teller. this is where some one might think there is atempted rape when he (the prime minister) gets very hungrey for he needs livers to preserve himself since he is already dead. he rips some of her clothes and is about ready to eat her liver when is hired thug calls him. Then he goes to see the old fortune teller they have a breif conversation and while this is hapening the hand unlocks the hand cuffs and insimulates with the girl. the good guys come theres some fighting but basically the demon possed gets killed and the demon virus infected man controls it and then the movie ends with them going into the night to try to control the virus.
Summary of BioHunter (Special Edition)
Popular horror director Yoshisaki Kawajiri (Ninja Scroll) served as head writer on this 1995 feature. Komada and Koshigaya are scientists--and Bio Hunters, agents who battle the Demon Virus that causes humans to mutate into weird monsters. Komada has contracted the virus, but something in his immune system enables him to control his transformations. When Komada rescues Sayaka Murakami, the granddaughter of a famed psychic, from a gang of thugs, he unwittingly pits the Bio Hunters against the powerful politician Seijuro Tabe. The partners discover that Tabe is actually the horrible monster that's been roaming Tokyo, killing young women and eating their livers. He's no longer human, but a corpse possessed by the devil. The final battle pits Komada in his monster form against the tentacles and fanged jaws of the possessed Tabe, although Koshigaya administers the coup de grâce. A well-directed, violent entertainment, Bio Hunter suffers from a disjointed story: the link between Tabe's possession and the Demon Virus is never established. The ending suggests that the film may have been intended as a pilot, as Koshigaya declares the Bio Hunters' dedication to the ongoing battle against the Virus. Bio Hunter is not for viewers with weak stomachs. Not rated; suitable only for ages 18 and up for nudity, sex, violence, cannibalism, grotesque imagery, and violence against women. --Charles SolomonSimilar DVD Movies
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