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Zeiram: Special Edition

Yûko Moriyama (Actor), Kunihiro Ida (Actor), Keita Amemiya (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: DVD
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Japanese-made Zeram perfectly captures the spirit of the old Japanese monster movies: men in monster suits, dubbed voices instead of subtitles, and a mix of bumbling comedy and cartoonish violence. The title character is a vicious space-outlaw, a bulky monster controlled by a little baby face on his forehead. Newly arrived on Earth, Zeram has been followed by an attractive female bounty hunter, Iria, and her assistant, Bob (a computer). When she sets a dimensional trap so she can fight the monster without raising the awareness of the earthlings (secrecy increases the amount of the bounty), two power company employees accidentally stumble into the trap, too. If the outcome is predictable, the journey is fun. When Iria's fighting the guy in the rubber suit, the scenes are as clumsy and energetic as you could hope, and when the earthlings are fighting it, well, it's like Abbott and Costello in a Japanese monster movie. Either way, it's entertaining. --Andy Spletzer

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The vicious space-outlaw Zeiram escapes to Earth but has been followed by an attractive female bounty hunter, Iria, and her assistant, Bob (a computer). When she sets a dimensional trap so she can fight the monster without raising the awareness of earthlings, two power company employees accidentally stumble in also. Iria now has to save the earthmen and defeat the monster before her trap closes on them all forever.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Where is Zeram 2? Jun 21 2001
By A Customer
Format:DVD
Although I am glad to have this highly entertaining Japanese sci-fi on DVD, widescreen format, it would have been nicer to have the original Japanese soundtrack with English subtitles. Fox Lorber should be aware that when they are releasing DVDs for purchase they are dealing with DISCERNING CUSTOMERS. The movie is very low-budget but full of charm; reminiscent of ULTRAMAN and other TV heroes and monsters of the bygone era ('70s, to be exact) but with a nod toward strong female protagonist. Moriyama Yuko kicks butts! (By the way she is NOT the ornithologist in GAMERA, that's Nakayama Shinobu. I know, I sometimes can't tell the difference between Gwenyth Paltrow and Meg Ryan, either) It would be very nice if some enterprising company releases Zeram 2, an even better film, and Moon Over Tao, where Moriyama gets to show her true acting abilities (She plays 3 aliens) on DVD, with SOME EXTRAS, and in ORIGINAL JAPANESE SOUNDTRACK. By the way the animated version (IRIA) is a travesty, reducing one of the coolest heroines in Japanese science fiction into just another cute anime character, avenging her brother's death, or some such nonsense.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Great Film, but NO original language track. Jun 13 2001
By superactionfunboy
Format:DVD
Grrr.

If you like Keita Amemiya films( Moon over tao, Hakaider, Cyber Ninja, Zeiram2, Mikazuki) Steer clear of Fox Lorbers featureless grab at your wallet.

Grrr.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Over-the-Top goofiness Jan 3 2001
By Eric Sanberg
Format:VHS Tape
As other viewers have stated, this harkens back to the (now nearly archetypal) world of Japanese rubber-monster movies. It sports a great monster, a lively female hero and two bewildered, would-be heroes who find themselves in the thick of things and are forced to come to terms with the situation.

Zeram is an invincible monster who has just escaped prison (even though he's being assaulted by more fire-power than you'll find in most third-world countries)and now has a bounty on his...hers...it's head. Enter the female bounty hunter and her computer sidekick Bob. Bob has a droll sense of humor while she is a hard-hitting, armed to the teeth, walking death machine. (She does look nifty in her tight-fitting, Star Wars type get-up though). Together they need to snag Zeram, put him back in the slammer and collect the dough, all while keeping a low profile and dealing with a couple of not too bright earthlings who mistakenly stumble on the entire mess.

This is not a great film but it's great fun. The characters are noteable, the monster is cool (he sems to be controlled by this rather phallic looking organ that emerges from his head and has a face on it. (A nasty Kibuki looking one at that). There are some rather deformed looking baby monsters present as well. They resemble the mutant offspring in Peter Jackson's Dead Alive, and manage to cause a degree of mayhem while in the picture. On top of that you have some great fight scenes and some nail biting tense moments. The look of the film is pretty good as well. The opening scenes of Zeram's escape sport muted (almost black and white) tones, and a lot of misty fog. It actually looks like a more serious western hemisphere sci-fi feature. Then it switches to the more primary colorful and sharper edged visuals seen in many Hong Kong flicks. And when the dust has settled in the end, you feel as though you've been through this excruciating escapade along with the characters.

I'd bump this up another star but the normal movie viewer (whatever THAT is)wouldn't get it. But it's a definite 4 stars for fans of this sort of thing. There are much worse ways to spend 90 minutes of relaxation time.

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