Blu-ray
Returner (2002)
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- Release date
- Unknown
- Studio
- Unknown
- Resolution
- 1080p
- Region / playback
- 2K Blu-ray: Region A
included · Mechanical
Returner
A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion which will wipe out the human race.
Adventure, Science Fiction, Action
Before you choose
What kind of time-travel story is this?
Time travel drives much of the story.
Meets the archive’s time-travel criteria. The mechanism is classified as Mechanical.
Why the archive makes this assessment (spoilers)
Milly's arrival from 2084 makes preventing the invasion the mission, within a largely present-day action story.
Milly uses a scientist’s newly built time portal to leave 2084 for 2002.
Check the supporting sources ↓An editorial assessment based on the archive’s documented plot research.
Explore other films in this classification →Scale, legacy & time
The scores
Titan43.8
Weighted archive score
Time-travel significance7/10
high confidence
Quality consensus6.4/10
Aggregate source ratings
How Titan works
Titan combines the archive’s quality, audience and legacy base with the significance of time travel. It is an index, not a score out of 100, and is distinct from the FMV archive’s scoring model.
Titan = base × [0.20 + 0.80 × (time-travel score ÷ 10)²]
This film: 73.96 base × 59.2% weighting.
Partial inputs flag incomplete source metadata. Provisional weighting flags a time-travel assessment that remains uncertain; it receives no additional confidence penalty.
The evidence
Research & sources
Research notes may reveal plot details.
These sources support the plot facts and catalog research. The numerical scores are the archive’s judgments, not ratings supplied by these sources.
Cast: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Anne Suzuki, Kirin Kiki, Goro Kishitani, Yukiko Okamoto
Edition by edition
Releases & formats
2 cataloged editions. Narrow by format, then check region, audio and subtitles. Missing specifications mean unknown, not absent.
These listings do not establish a best edition. Use the specifications to shortlist compatible releases, then follow the source to verify details and availability.
DVD
Returner (2002)
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- Release date
- Feb 10, 2004
- Studio
- Sony Pictures
- Resolution
- 480i (NTSC)
- Region / playback
- Region 1
- Discs
- DVD | Single disc (1 DVD-9)