Gunhed (1989)

Original title

ガンヘッド

Directed by

Masato Harada

Genre

cyberpunk, science fiction film, mecha, science fiction action film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

16

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 2038, a team of mercenaries and a woman infiltrate an island fortress controlled by an AI named Kyron. They team up with a giant mecha called Gunhed to stop the AI from launching a devastating attack.

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What happens

GUNHED (Japanese: ガンヘッド, Hepburn: Ganheddo) is a 1989 Japanese cyberpunk tokusatsu mecha action film co-written and directed by Masato Harada, featuring special effects by Kōichi Kawakita, and starring Masahiro Takashima, Brenda Bakke, Eugene Harada, Kaori Mizushima, and Mickey Curtis. It was released by Toho on July 22, 1989. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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