Ganheddo (1989)

Directors:

Masato Harada
Alan Smithee

Writers:

Jim Bannon (writer)
Masato Harada (writer)

Release Date:

27 August 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | War

Tagline:

2038. Computer domination is a reality - Gunhed - man's last defence in the great robot war

Plot:

Brooklyn's smuggling companions are slaughtered, sometimes violently, one by one as they wantonly defy the security systems of the Kyron-5...

Plot Keywords:

Sergeant | Computer | Timebomb | Gatling Gun | Elevator

Cast

Masahiro Takashima	...	Brooklyn
Brenda Bakke	...	Texas Air Ranger Sgt. Nim
James Brewster Thompson	...	Barabbas
Aya Enjôji	...	Babe
Kaori Mizushima	...	Eleven
Yôsuke Saitô
Doll Nguyen	...	Boomerang
Jiei Kabira	...	Bombbay
Randy Reyes	...	Gunhed (voice)
Mickey Curtis	...	Bansho
Michael Yancy	...	Narrator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eugene Harada	...	Steven

Also Known As:

Gunhed

Runtime:

Germany:92 min | Japan:100 min | UK:97 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Company:

3D

Trivia:

The concept for the film came from a story contest that Toho held in 1986, which was to decide on the narrative for the next installment in the Godzilla series. Jim Bannon was the contestant who was noted for his Godzilla 2 script, which had Godzilla facing off against a giant computer, but was beat out by Shinichiro Kobayashi with his early draft for Godzilla vs. Biollante. However, Toho didn't scrap Bannon's second place entry, but instead had Masato Harada heavily rework the idea, removing Godzilla and other elements from the film, until they were left with the final product: the infamous Gunhed.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Soundtrack:

Theme Song for GUNHED

Watch the music video Mindphaser by Frontline Assembly instead of this

When I saw the amazing music video Mindphaser by industrial rockers Frontline Assembly, I was curious to see from which film the clips were taken from. You see, Frontline Assembly got a hold of the rights for using images from GUNHED and edited together one amazing six minutes long music video which has become one of my favorites music videos ever. So it was only normal to see the film from which the clips were taken from.

Well, bad idea.

The movie sucks so bad that I should have been just happy with the music video. In fact, if you're reading this and never seen Mindphaser, go to Youtube and look for it. It's the whole movie condensed into 6 minutes, without the bad acting (and actors), bad pacing and well, bad everything. Mindphaser is a masterpiece of editing and music, which GUNHED is most definitely not.