Guyver (1991)

Directors:

Screaming Mad George
Steve Wang

Writers:

Jon Purdy (writer)
Yoshiki Takaya (characters)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Action | Comedy

Tagline:

Some mutants are more equal than others.

Plot:

A young man discovers a mechanical device that merges with his own body, turning him into a cyborg superhero...

Plot Keywords:

Superhero | Rescue | Telekinesis | Martial Arts | Remake Of Japanese Film

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Dec. 11

6:15 AM

HBO

Cast

Greg Paik	...	Dr. Tetsu Segawa
Jimmie Walker	...	Striker (as Jimmy Walker)
Peter Spellos	...	Ramsey
Michael Berryman	...	Lisker
Spice Williams-Crosby	...	Weber (as Spice Williams)
Mark Hamill	...	Max Reed
Jack Armstrong	...	Sean Barker / The Guyver
Johnnie Saiko	...	Craig
Vivian Wu	...	Mizky Segawa
Deborah Gorman	...	Ms. Jenson
Danny Gibson	...	Aikido Instructor's Assistant
Willard E. Pugh	...	Col. Castle
David Gale	...	Fulton Balcus
'Evil' Ted Smith	...	Ronnie (as Ted Smith)
Doug Simpson	...	Quinton

Also Known As:

Mutronics
The Guyver (USA) (video box title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence. (director's cut)

Runtime:

88 min | USA:92 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | USA:PG-13 (director's cut)

Trivia:

Based on a Japanese comic book known as "Bio-Booster Armor Guyver" in which an ordinary high school student stumbles across an alien weapon, which turns him into a reluctant hero fighting an evil international corporation

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The Guyver's extended elbow blades wiggle and bend like rubber as he twists and turns in fight scenes.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[opening scroll]
Narrator: At the beginning of time, aliens came to the Earth to create the ultimate organic weapon. They created Mankind. By planting a special gene into man they created the ZOANOIDS - Humans who can change at will into super monster soldiers. Eons later, the Zoanoid leader...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Holiday (2006)

The Bad & The Good Of 'The Guyver'

The "bad news" outweighs the "good news" for this movie.

BAD - The dialog in here is very stupid; the acting is poor (Jack Armstrong, Vivian Wu?); there is too much violence and simply a general Class B-type production feeling about this whole film, making it dumb overall.

GOOD - It was very light on the profanity and sometimes had some pretty good special-effects with the humans turning into monsters.

STRANGE - Added to the cast is television star Jimmie Walker, who played a goofy "Kid Dyn-O-Mite" character on TV, and Mark Hamill, from the hugely-successful Star Wars movie series. Wow, times must have gotten tough for those two actors to be in this movie!

OVERALL - After watching this for an hour, it was hard to get interested enough to finish the film.