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The Guyver

1991Movie1 h 32 minPG-13

40
WeakGoodWatch score
IMDb5.0Rotten Tomatoes33%39%
40
WeakGoodWatch score
IMDb5.0Rotten Tomatoes33%39%

Summary

FBI agent Max Reed witnesses Dr. Tetsu Segawa - a researcher for the mysterious Chronos Corporation - being murdered. Dr. Segawa had stolen an alien device known as "The Guyver" from Chronos. College student Sean Barker, whose girlfriend's father was Dr. Segawa, finds the Guyver's hiding spot while watching the forensic team investigating the crime scene.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Teens
  • Drop-in friendly

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  • Graphic violence bothers you

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  • Gets your pulse racing.
  • Takes you somewhere else.
  • Keeps you on edge.

Not for warmth.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Tropes

Transformation Horrorin 95 titlesSean's first transformation into the Guyver is fairly visceral with the Guyver unit ensnaring Sean's face facehugger style and literally combining with him, but the pinnacle is Max's death at the end…Family-Unfriendly Deathin 552 titlesBeing transformed or not, nothing downplays the horror of Tetsuo Segawa having his skull gorily crushed on-screen in the first five minutes of the movie.All 29 tropes

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