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Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.
Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.
Action, Animation, Science Fiction - 1988
8.0
90%
67
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
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Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
124 min
Release date:
16 Jul 1988
Country:
JP
Languages:
Japanese
Budget:
$10,000,000
Revenue:
$553,171
Awards:
1 win

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
Pounding away, it becomes monotonous.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr 2013
rotten:
A compendium of the worst cliches of Japanese animation -- two hours of chases, laser attacks, machine-gun battles, spilled stage blood, computer-animated backgrounds and hokey dialogue.
– Charles Solomon,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr 2013
fresh:
The movie, even at 124 minutes, has the densely packed sweep and go-for-it pep of a pop epic.
– Jay Cocks,
TIME Magazine,
7 Sep 2008
rotten:
Grade-school violence freaks may find a few kicks here, but even they may have trouble coping with this ugly movie's ending about eight separate times.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
16 Apr 2007
fresh:
A lavish animation extravaganza produced at a cost of $8 million, this futuristic exploration is a followup by author-director Katsuhiro Otomo to his tremendously popular comic books.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
16 Apr 2007
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