The Guyver (1991)

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/31/2005 Run time: 92 minutes Rating: Pg13 Product Description

The worst piece of crud, ever

I can't even give it a single star, but since I have to give it, I give it 1.
This is so far away from the brilliant original comic and animation series that you wonder how these filmmakers got a hold of the rights to mess it up to this end.
I was thoroughly disappointed that the filmmakers decided to monkey around with the monsters and make them into the Stooges - why do they always make things pedantic like that? August 4, 2008

The Guyver: Like Adam West to Batman

I am a fan of the Guyver anime series and this movie does to The Guyver, what Adam West did to Batman: Makes it look freakin' ridiculous!

That being said it's still a fun B-movie and worth a watch.

The Good:

-The costumes and creatures are very well done.

-The main villain, Balcus, actually resembles the anime character.

-Like the anime, the Guyver dies and is then regenerated.

-The scene where Sean becomes the Guyver is hilarious due to the fact that the street gang is such an 80's stereotype, with lines like "Hey, cool, chilly man, I'm just trying to help you out".

-The movie doesn't take itself seriously, so you don't get too mad that it's not faithful to the original source material.

The Bad:

-The acting is terrible, especially Jack Armstrong & Vivian Wu and then you have Mark Hamill who is so over the top its embarassing.

-The fat german thug Ramsey, who they dress up like a foreign exchange student with a Mr. T obsession and Hitler mustache.

If you are a fan of The Guyver you'll either accept it as camp or burn it in disgust, either way check it out so you can have an opinion.

If you just like cheesy Cinemax-style action movies, this is for you.

If none of the above then you obviously have too much class. April 28, 2008

Is that Luke Skywalker?

It is and he turns into an alien. Pretty bad movie adaptation from the manga series. but most are. its very dark, not much light, but if you like the series then you may like the movie. April 16, 2008

Would that I could get back those minutes I squandered

There's cult schlock that I appreciate and then there's just schlock. As soon as I saw JJ Walker appear, I knew the deal was sunk. As the potential enjoyment of the film lay bleeding profusely at my feet, Mark Hamill arrived on scene and kicked it in its head. I gave it 2 stars because it had its moments and Jeffrey Combs was in it. He had a bit part but he just cheers me with his presence. March 24, 2008

Its old, I enjoyed it, mainly for the Guyver fans not someone looking for a Hamill Flick

My 1st review so spelling errors aside keep with it.
Seeing some of the other reviews I thought I'd put in my useless words as well.

I've always been a fan of the Guyver anime, it was the first anime I've ever picked up (Seeing how he sort of had a Spider-man look to him when I was younger, I instantly picked it up) So of course I have to try out the movies no matter, to see if they could've made the Guyver cooler in the big screen than he was in a anime. This was probaly years ago but now when I look back at them. It adds to my collection.

I didn't mind the movie, its old, those old movies tend to be corny as time goes on. I sadly made the mistake of watching Guyver 2 on the SciFi channel years ago before I watched the 1st movie so I held my standards higher back then. I can imagine more and more movies will come along and blow our "Movie of this year" yadda yadda. What I'm trying to say is pretty soon the Matrix or Star Wars will be looked back at and criticized just as much, as this flick.

Overall opinion:
Acting was ... decent they could've chosen a better cast of actors

Special Effects were decent

Costumes were decent (reminded me of a violent power rangers back then so I instantly loved it)

The movie was a attempt to bring Guyver to the big screen, I really wish Guyver 2: Dark Hero was what they did. They could've easily have made that into the first Guyver movie. I still gladly have both in my collection, and watch them time to time. Maybe they'll re-make this one
like they've done with other movies seeing how we can't produce anything original anymore.

The second movie blows this one away, and it didn't require them to grab any big names to fetch them some Mark Hamill fans. September 11, 2007

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