Guyver: Dark Hero (1994)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Steve Wang

Writers:

Nathan Long (screenplay)
Steve Wang (story)

Release Date:

20 April 1994 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Sci-Fi's Most Powerful Alien-Human Hybrid Returns!

Plot:

Sean Barker became the unwilling host to an alien bio-armor known as the Guyver. A year ago he destroyed the Kronos Corporation...

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Frog Monster | Severed Head | Eye Gouging | Bee Creature

Cast

David Hayter	...	Sean Barker
Kathy Christopherson	...	Cori
Bruno Giannotta	...	Crane
Christopher Michael	...	Atkins
Stuart Weiss	...	Marcus
Billi Lee	...	Mizky
Jim O'Donoghoe	...	Gouo
J.D. Smith	...	Doug
Alisa Merline	...	Brandi (voice)
Wes Deitrick	...	Volker
Veronica Reed	...	Sten (voice)
Stephen Oprychal	...	Bob
Ann George	...	Gail (voice)
Marisa Cody	...	Mary (voice)
Kristin Calkins	...	Lois / Primitive Guyver (voice)

Also Known As:

Guyver 2: Dark Hero (USA) (video box title)

Runtime:

Australia:118 min | UK:100 min | USA:127 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:R | Germany:16 (cut)

Filming Locations:

Angeles National Forest, California, USA

Company:

Biomorphs Inc.

Quotes:

Guyver: [catches gun in air and throws it to Atkins] "protect her!"
[points at Cori]
Atkins: [catches gun that the guyver threw and looks scared at the Zoanoid in front of him] "but who the hell's gonna protect me?"

Movie Connections:

Features Kung Fu Rascals (1992)

Soundtrack:

Outside Expose

Surprisingly watchable..

I was actually quite surprised by this movie. I actually liked it. I've been hearing for quite a while that if you want to watch Guyver you should see the orgional anime and ignore the crappy US live action movie. Well I went over to my friend's house and saw all of the anime and then went home and the two live action movies were on TV. The first live action movie did suck. A lot. The action scenes sucked and the evil zoanoid were passed off as gremlins or power ranger villans. The movie ended in a REALLY crappy fight scene. Guyver: Dark Hero, the second movie, was surprisingly better however. Both Guyver and the zoanoids look a lot better in this movie, the fight scence are actually pretty cool (mostly because the zoanoids actually have mobility now). The plot was a bit darker (not quite as dark as the anime, but darker). The most surprising thing though was that the acting actually improved a bit. Now the lead is played by David Hayter (who some of you might recall as the voice od Solid Snake). Anyway this was a good bit of fun that was just ready to be spun off into a regualar series. Too bad the first movie just stunk up it's image.