Warning from Space

Warning from Space

7/10/2003 1h 27m 5.2/10

Overview

Large star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe. To prevent panic about their appearance, one alien takes the form of a popular singer.

Director

Noriaki Yuasa

Top Billed Cast

Keizō Kawasaki

Keizō Kawasaki

Dr. Toru Itsobe

Jutarō Hōjō

No. 2 Pairan

Shōzō Nanbu

Shōzō Nanbu

The Elder Dr. Itsobe

Bontarō Miake

Bontarō Miake

Dr. Kamura

Toyomi Karita

Hikari Aozora / Ginko

Mieko Nagai

Taeko Kamura

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

12/29/2024

5/10

Some benign alien visitors decide to visit Earth in their star-shaped craft. Needless to say, their arrival above causes a degree of panic, so one of them decides to take a leap of faith and try to communicate directly - assuming the form of a nightclub singer. Her mission - well, that is to warn mankind of an impending collision with a meteor that will wipe us all out. It now falls to "Dr. Matsuda" (Isa Yamagata) to develop a weapon that might destroy it, and save humanity. This is actually quite a decently paced story. It is the effects - especially the aliens who look like small children in starfish costumes - that rather detract from that. Indeed, they raise way to many smiles far too often for any deeper, more meaningful aspects of the story to generate or sustain any traction. The acting is petty terrible, too.... Watchable, though - it does have an underlying moral that bears some examination.

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