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Zëiram 2

1994 · 107 min

A pulpy, prop-heavy creature chase that feels like a live-action cartoon with claws, brisk and silly but genuinely menacing when the monster closes in.

Directed by: Keita Amemiya
Genres: Action, Science fiction, Horror
Starring: Yûko Moriyama, Kazuhiko Inoue, Mizuho Yoshida

Overview: Intergalactic bounty hunters Iria and Bob return to track down an ancient mystical relic. When a second Zeiram unit shows up and goes berserk, it takes all of Iria's resources to survive a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with the fearsome space creature.

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Directed by: Keita Amemiya
Genres: Action, Science fiction, Horror
Starring: Yûko Moriyama, Kazuhiko Inoue, Mizuho Yoshida

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
violence
obsession
identity
Places: space
big city
Era: far-future
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	8
Horror	5
Humour	4
Realism	3
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: action, science fiction, horror
Directed by: Keita Amemiya
Written by: Hajime Matsumoto, Keita Amemiya
Starring: Yûko Moriyama, Kazuhiko Inoue, Mizuho Yoshida, Sabu, Kunihiko Ida, Yukijiro Hotaru, Mitsuo Abe, Shuta Hiromoto
Music: Kōichi Ōta, Shinji Kinoshita
Cinematography: Hiroshi Kidokoro
Runtime: 107 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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