Movie Review

Thud, a young girl touches down on the ground in the middle of a gun fight. "Returner" is an Japanese Sci-Fi film ,subtitled, that is full action and humour that I enjoyed immensely. The movie is set in both the future, 2084,
and the present, 2002, of Japan, but it starts off in the future. The movie is about a girl from the future, named Milly (or Mili depending on who you talk to), who was sent back in time to stop the alien invasion that has almost killed everyone in her time by killing the first alien that came to Earth so that the invasion would never have happened. I know it sounds cliche but the way they executed the idea was amazing.When she reaches the future she ends up meeting Miyamoto, a skilled Tokyo gunman, and she ropes him into helping her with her mission, using a very interesting technique. These two make a very comical pair. Milly being a cocky yet tough and smart Japanese girl . Where on the other hand Miyamoto is a hitman with morals who is also cocky. On the opposing side of our duo is Mizuguchi. He is a ruthless killer who is part of the Japanese mafia but he is under the order of the Chinese mafia. He is a very evil character who likes to use his underlings to do his bidding. The actor who plays him did an exceptional job bringing his character to life because by the end on the movie you really do hate the guy. All of the actors did an awesome job bringing their characters to life and really making you believe them and you really get attached to their characters. Before Milly and Miyamoto can reach the alien Mizuguchi had already found it and is going to try to use the aliens advanced technology for evil purposes.The race against the clock had begun and they only have three days till the aliens invade and the clock is ticking.
If explosions, dodging bullets, alien invasions, the japanese mafia (aka the yakuza) and shopping trips in the middle of trying to save the world are your thing then this is the movie for you!