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Terra Formars (2016)

Terra Formars poster
Original title
テラフォーマーズ
Directed by
Takashi Miike
Genre
science fiction film, biopunk
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
14
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 290 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In the late 26th century, humans try to colonize Mars. They face violent attacks from giant humanoid cockroaches that evolved from ones sent earlier.

futuristicviolentchaoticgoryadventuroussurrealfast-pacedgrotesque

What happens

Terra Formars (Japanese: テラフォーマーズ, Hepburn: Tera Fōmāzu) is a 2016 Japanese science fiction film directed by Takashi Miike and based on the manga series of the same name by Yū Sasuga & Kenichi Tachibana. It was released in Japan on April 29, 2016. The film is set at the end of the 26th century, and depicts an attempted colonization of Mars. Humanity had previously released cockroaches on the planet, and the would-be colonists encounter resistance by giant anthropomorphic cockroaches. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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