The Guyver 2 (1993)

Guyver 2: Tries too hard

Trying to make up for the campiness of the first movie, Guyver 2 takes itself way too seriously while not improving the quality overall.

When I first saw this movie, I though it was awesome, because it was serious and the costume looked closer to the original anime design. But upon reflection I realized that it's not as enjoyable to watch for exactly those reasons.

The Good:

-As previously stated, the costume matches the anime perfectly.

-It explains the origins of The Guyver very faithfully.

-The action is faster and more brutal, in keeping with the anime series.

The Bad:

-The acting is still terrible, so you don't care about the characters.

-Just for the sake of action in the opening scene, The Guvyer now thinks he's Batman and is busting a bunch of thugs for no reason.

-The low production value and poor cinematography is the same as the first, so really all your getting is a humorless version of the 1st movie.

And that's the bottom line, it's still B-movie quality, but without the tongue-in-cheek humor of the first film, there is very little to make you go back and watch the movie a second time.

The choice is yours. April 28, 2008

Better

Much better than the first. AT least this time you can see the action. It is a good movie about a guy who has an alien device attch it's self to his head which enables him to turn into an alien known as GUYVER. as an archiology student he travels to find a place that is calling him which is the alien ship. when he descovers that the other mutronics are there too he must battle them to save his friends and his life. April 16, 2008

Here's An Idea I Thought Of For The Ultimate Guyver:3 Movie...

Have the Wachowski Brothers or Alex Proyas, direct and write the 3rd installment, but write it so that a new trilogy can be made of it, however it must remain true to the anime and manga series?


Cast:

Tony Schiena (Sean Barker)
Sienna Guillory (Love Interest)
Michael Jai White (FBI Agent)

Tony Jaa (Zoanoid Leader/Evil Guyver/Drago or Malkovich's Assistant)
Françoise Yip (Main Zoanoid #2)
Timothy Olyphant (Main Zoanoid #3)
Keith Cooke (Main Zoanoid #4)

Yuen Wo Ping Fight Team (All Other Zoanoids)

Billy Drago or John Malkovich (Kronos US Boss)

Mark Dacascos (Yam's Assistant)
Simon Yam (Kronos Japan Boss)

David Hayter (Cameo/Appearance)
Yoshiki Takaya (Cameo/Appearance)


Fight and Action Choreographer:
Yuen Wo Ping

Screenplay:
The Wachowski Brothers or Alex Proyas (if not, then) David Hayter

Make Up:
Rick Baker/Stan Winston

Visual/Special FX:

Have the same visual and special fx team from 'The Matrix Trilogy'


Music:
Goth/Metal Inspired

HIM
Deathstars
Samael
Lacuna Coil
Cradle Of Filth

What do you think? January 24, 2006

GUYVER!

Alright here is the Deal Guyver 1 the 1st movie was alright. But Guyver 2 Dark Hero is a BIG STEP UP!! It is a great movie. Acting is somewhat kinda iffy sometimes. But good non the less! I was dissapointed that Guyver III wasn't in the movie. I mean I figred sence they did the 1st one they would bring more people from the original anime adult cartoons. Over all freaking 5 stars its one of the best movies out there. I say buy this and buy the DVD Set for the Anime version I kinda think it's better than the movies. And if you are pleased with Dark Hero and all 12 episodes, then get the 1st live action Guyver movie. October 12, 2005

low budget sci-fi gem

When you watch a lot of low-budget sci-fi films, you can't help but realize there's a lot of terrible stuff out there. Stuff so bad that it's not even funny. But every once in a while, between the terrible stuff, and the unintenionally amusing films, you discover something like this. I've seen this a couple of times, and every time I just enjoy the heck out of it. It shows what imagination, clever writing, and a good special effects crew can accomplish even with limited resources.

The story is good, and the acting, while not always great, is always solid. But what really gets me about this film is the action sequences, strange hybrids of mutant monsters and bizarrely improbably kung fu. Since I enjoy both these genres, it's nice to have a film blend them so well. They're a blast.

This is based on some anime show which I'm only vaguely familiar, but it seems true to the original concept. That's a neat trick, since animation doesn't always crossover into live action as gracefully as in this film.

See it if you like some over the top action with an interesting story. "Guyver 1" is okay, though not nearly as good. If you've seen the first and didn't like it, give this one a shot. And if you haven't seen the first, it won't stop you from enjoying this film.

Highly recommended.
June 22, 2005

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