009 Re:Cyborg
Seen it?2012 | 103 min | Action, Animation, Science Fiction
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 23% on Rotten Tomatoes, a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans, action fans and animation lovers. If you loved Terminator 2: Judgment Day or Die Hard, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 43 min.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
009 Re:Cyborg follows a group of nine cyborgs, each of them created by a shadowy organization for use as weapons against humanity. The group turns on their creators to protect the population instead, using the powers given them to fight their creators.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
23% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesSolid
7.0 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama
- Mamoru MiyanoJoe Shimamura / Cyborg 009 (voice)
- Sakiko TamagawaIvan Whisky / Cyborg 001 (voice)
- Daisuke OnoJet Link / Cyborg 002 (voice)
- Chiwa SaitoFrançoise Arnoul / Cyborg 003 (voice)
- Toru OkawaAlbert Heinrich / Cyborg 004 (voice)
- Teruyuki TanzawaGeronimo Jr. / Cyborg 005 (voice)
- Taro MasuokaChang Changku / Cyborg 006 (voice)
- Hiroyuki YoshinoGreat Britain / Cyborg 007 (voice)
- Noriaki SugiyamaPyunma / Cyborg 008 (voice)
- Nobuyuki Katsube(voice)