Zeiram II
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Bob Bobson, Francis Cherry, Makio Hiraiwa, Mitsuo Abe, Shuta Hiromoto Director: Keita Amemiya Brand: Media Blasters Producer: Nobuyuki Takahashi Writer: Hajime Matsumoto DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language) Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 107 minutes DVD Release Date: 2001-06-26 Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: Tokyo Shock |
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Movie Reviews of Zeiram II
Movie Review: That Robot Just Ate Your Dog...
Summary: 4 Stars
This is probably the first time that an anime series has inspired me to watch the original film. Zeiram, the animation is actually a prequel to this film in which director Keita Amemiya tells the story of bounty hunter Iria's origins. Zeiram and Zeiram 2 occur later and are reprises of Iria's running battles with the cyborg-like Zeiram - robots powered by weird creatures that look like Noh masks and will eat anything including your dog.In Zeiram 2, Iria and her 'assistant' Fujikuro are tracking down an ancient artifact called the Carmarite. Fujikuro betrays Iria knocks out her faithful computer friend Bob, leaving her facing some 50 combatants with only the help of an experimental cyborg helper who looks an awful lot like - you guessed it - Zeiram. After literally mowing down the bad guys, Zeiram goes out of control (bad programming, of course). Also involved are two of Iria's old friend, Kiyama and Tepphei, who are the Abbott and Costello of the electronic repair business.
What follows is the kind of delightful silliness that Amemiya is noted for - a hectic action plot that is full of comic crises and heroic stunts. Everyone, including Zeiram, get to ham it up with Power Ranger class stunts as the action shifts from temple to factory to shrine with impunity. If all you have seen before this film is the animation, which has a much more serious plot, it will take you a while to realize that all this vaudeville is intentional rather than bad acting.
Special effects, costumes, and sets are truly imaginative, reminiscent of Escher and Giger. The Zeiram cyborg in particular has as many tricks as a Swiss army knife. The truth is that the film is well crafted, even though its unconscionable silliness frequently obscures Amemiya's better moments. Zeiram 2 is purely a confection, it's hard not to like as long as you are careful not to take it seriously.