Gunhed (1989)

[Arbok]

Use this topic to discuss Toho's 1989 sci-fi, future based flick that was created from a scrapped script for the 1989 Godzilla film.

[Hedorah]

Based on the review on this site I'm not quite sure I want to see it, they gave it half a star

[tokyostateofmind]

I always had an interest in seeing this, but I really don't do Terminator-type movies. From the plot, it doesn't seem that entertaining. i would check it out just because of Toho.

[Arbok]

Based on the review on this site I'm not quite sure I want to see it, they gave it half a star

Ha ha... yeah I tore it a new one.

If you like this genre of futuristic films, and don't mind a plot that feels like someone took a shotgun to the wall and hoped the pieces would connect, go for it.

I will agree the special effects are amazing. Kawakita was at the top of his game in the 1980's with this, Biollante, and Bye-Bye Jupiter.

Also, as a fun fact, you can see the film knowing it was directed by the actor who would end up playing the main bad guy in Last Samurai too.

[bananaoil]

Considering the director opted to be called Alan Smithiee in the American distribution of Gunhead, you know you're in for a turkey.

Gunhead is actually a guilty pleasure of mine. It's so obscurely confused and directionless and slow, yet visually interesting. The music, what littler there is, is nice as well. You can order it from Amazon for really cheap.

[Guardian7]

LOL... oh this film.
Ummm well I think both Arbok and bananaoil kind hit it all.

ARBOK: "plot that feels like someone took a shotgun to the wall and hoped the pieces would connect"
Outrageously funny dude! But damn accurate.

I think I bought this film actually because of this site.
Wasn't there suppose to be a Godzilla vs. Gunhed? In the canceled films section of the Mother site? I remember reading about it... then all of a sudden seeing this film on the shelves. So I spontaneously bought it.

I unfortunately was expecting much better. They could have actually dumped the human cast for the most part and just moved on to the fighting. Which was done very well.

I suppose it is something that has to grow on you... like... umm Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus... no... wait... that movie is bad on all levels... okay... like Mold! LOL

Oddly enough it has its moments of being a fun film!

G7

[Arbok]

Wasn't there suppose to be a Godzilla vs. Gunhed? In the canceled films section of the Mother site?

Kind of.

In the 1980's, Toho held a story contest for the next Godzilla film. One of the entries was a script which had Godzilla fighting large machinery. This was eventually adapted into Gunhed after heavy, heavy revision and Godzilla was dropped altogether.

The winning story in that contest ended up being Godzilla vs. Biollante.

[SuperMonsterZero]

What did you think of Gunhed? I've never seen it, so I was wondering if it was any good.

[Mini-Godzilla]

It's as if Toho decided to pay back Roger Corman for the New World release of Godzilla 1985 by making a movie that feels very much like a 1980s Corman flick. Cheap, cheesy, and unintentionally funny when it's not being dull.

[SuperMonsterZero]

It's as if Toho decided to pay back Roger Corman for the New World release of Godzilla 1985 by making a movie that feels very much like a 1980s Corman flick. Cheap, cheesy, and unintentionally funny when it's not being dull.

No love for Battle Beyond the Stars?

[Gexistentialist]

I heard Jim Cameron loves it.

[bananaoil]

The trailer on both ADV discs implies that Gunhead has stunning visuals, but then I'm treated to washed out frames. It would be nice if Sony or Media Blasters released this film using the print from that trailer. But still, the plot is muddled, and sometimes downright confused, and the film is rather slow, which wouldn't be a bad thing if something was actually happening other than guy stumbling around garbage dump for hours. Nice music, though.

[shinmattiathekaiju]

the soundtrack is good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1Ghuc-ZdH8

[Tamura]

The trailer on both ADV discs implies that Gunhead has stunning visuals, but then I'm treated to washed out frames. It would be nice if Sony or Media Blasters released this film using the print from that trailer.

SONY! SONY! SONY!

[Tohosaurus]

I'm interested in seeing this, especially since originally Godzilla was written into it. Coulda been a cool 1990 Godzilla release maybe?

[Julia Bristow]

I have seen Gunhed and the acting, script is nothing special but the music & special effects make this film worth viewing at least once or twice

[bananaoil]

I thought it was odd how they kill half the characters before the movie really starts.

What you meant to say was:

I thought it was predicable how Paul W. S. Anderson killed off half of the characters before the movie really starts.

[shinmattiathekaiju]

Theres also a manga.

[Patrick Alan]

Does anyone remember the 1989 Toho movie Gunhed? I think Toho should have added a Gunhed cameo in at least one of the Heisei Godzilla movies, anyone else like or even remember Gunhed?

[Terasawa]

GUNHED is one of the most painfully bad SFX movies Toho ever made (and I've seen just about all of them). The only reason to watch this movie is for the special effects, which are actually pretty good, as CD mentioned. I don't think Kawakita topped his work on BYE-BYE, JUPITER (another awful movie), but the effects here are so much better than his 90s films.