Crazy Japanese non-anime stuff

Have you ever had a craving? I mean, a bizarre, midnight, aw-man-X-would-be-so-good-right-now craving?
I was at Blockbuster the other night, paying off my last late fees, intent on cutting ties with them, as Netflix now has my undying loyalty. But, as long as I was there, I figured that once around the New Release display wouldn't be too bad. And that's where I saw the case for Returner and realized that I was in the mood for yet another silly sci-fi movie. And the fact that it was also a martial arts flick, and Japanese just meant icing on the cake.
Rated R for gore and violence, Returner is a exactly what I described, a cheesy Japanese sci-fi martial arts movie. Takeshi Kaneshiro stars as (what else?) a gun-for-hire with nothing to lose. Enter a time-traveling teenager, a plot concerning aliens, a wristwatch that slows down time, an old lady information broker with a backroom full of guns, a bad guy that just happens to be the gun-for-hire's sworn enemy... that's an awful lot of clichés for just one movie. But it was fun. All in all, considering my personal bias, and the mood I was in, I gave it (out of a +/- 2 Cokes) 1 1/2 Cokes. That's with the Japanese track, and English subtitles on (after so much fansubbed anime, the Japanese doesn't even slow me down any more). Anyone else, English audio, you're probably looking at 1/2 a Coke. As always, YMMV. (Reeta opted for a nap, rather than watch this with me - that's probably as good an unbiased indication of its quality as anything).