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Plot Summary:
Paris 2020. While superheroes have assimilated into the Parisian society, they discover a new drug that gives themselves personal superpowers to mere mortals. Lieutenants Moreau and Schaltzmann are investigating the case with the support of two ex-superheroes, Monte Carlo and Callista. They'll do whatever it takes to dismantle the traffic. But Moreau's past resurfaces, and the investigation becomes more complicated.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining, weird
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Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love (2006)
Plot Summary:
In 1999, an enormous meteor crashed onto Earth carrying extraterrestrial creatures known as Worms within it. These creatures took on the identities of real humans and then killed them. In order to counter this new threat, ZECT was formed, who in turn created the Masked Rider System to combat the Worms. The battles lasts over seven years, depleting Earth's resources and turning it into a barren wasteland. By present time, power struggles in ZECT have caused a new group, known as Neo-ZECT, to be created. Souji Tendou, a man weilding the Kabuto Zector, decides to sell his power to either ZECT or Neo-Zect for unkown reasons.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining, futuristic, romantic, scenic
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Kamen Rider Hibiki & the Seven Fighting Demons (2005)
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When a powerful new Makamou attacks and defeats Hibiki, Asumu dives into Takeshi’s history and discovers a book that details the ancient Oni and a boy sharing his name. As he reads on, he learns of the tensions between humans and Oni as they struggle to stop the Orochi Makamou, but will he discover the key to defeating the new Orochi in the present?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, futuristic, period drama
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Kamen Rider Movie War Core: Kamen Rider vs. Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull (2010)
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Confronting a mysterious enemy, the Pteranodon Yummy, Kamen Rider Double receives aid from Ryu, who has infuriated Akiko by being too busy to attend her wedding! Akiko demands to know why he even became a Kamen Rider in the first place and the Pteranodon Yummy as it uses the Memory Memory on her to give her the answer to her question… At the Kougami Foundation, Kousei Kougami talks of the most avaricious man in Japan, Oda Nobunaga, whose final resting place was found. With Doctor Maki overseeing the process, Kougami commissions the creation of a Cell Medal homunculus based on Nobunaga himself. Kamen Rider Core begins to destroy the area as Kamen Riders OOO and Double team up to fight the enemy. However, Kamen Rider Core proves too powerful and the two go underground to destroy the Gaia Memory’s source of power to even the odds.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, futuristic
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Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker (2009)
Plot Summary:
Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker is the film adaptation of the 2009 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade. As Decade is billed as the 10th anniversary series of the Heisei period run of the Kamen Rider Series, the film features all ten of the lead Heisei Kamen Riders, as well as all of the Shōwa period Kamen Riders, leading to a total of 25 Riders (with three secondary Riders and three Diend-summoned Riders).
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, futuristic
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The Amazing Extraordinary Friends (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Amazing Extraordinary Friends is a New Zealand children's program featuring the adventures of a modern day superhero teenage boy and his friends. The protagonist is a teenage boy called Ben Wilson who finds out about a superhero insignia which gives him powers. He has difficulty with them, especially flight and using eye lasers at first, but soon learns to control them fairly well. His grandfather is also a superhero, and this is how he comes to acquire the insignia. His mother hates all the superhero business going on for the sake of safety, but his father and stepfather both encourage him, his father being the previous superhero in Ben's position, Captain Xtraordinary or simply Captain X, and his stepfather being the son of a supervillain, The Comedian. The position, it is found out in the show, has been held by many heroes in the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand
Duration:
Plot tags: parody, funny, light, captivating, entertaining
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Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z (2013)
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A new evil organization known as Space Shocker, which are led by the magic-using Space Ikadevil and Space Spider Man, threatens the Earth by causing an unknown phenomenon. The Space Sheriffs Gavan type-G and Sharivan are sent to execute all magic-users on Earth in response to the threat and begins to attack Kamen Riders Wizard and Beast. The Space Crime Syndicate Madou, who were once defeated by the original Sharivan return, to cause even more havoc in the world. During this, Yoko finds a mysterious little robot called Psycholon, which Space Shocker and the Madou are after for unknown reasons.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, light, captivating, futuristic, entertaining
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Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3 (2015)
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The evil organization Shocker alters history by sending their newest creation, Kamen Rider 3, to defeat Kamen Riders 1 and 2 back in 1973. In the alternate present, Shocker is more powerful than ever, and most of the Kamen Riders are now either imprisoned or brainwashed to work for them. One such brainwashed Rider is Shinnosuke Tomari who thanks to his partner Kiriko Shijima, remembers the truth and joins forces with the remaining Kamen Riders who are still at large to make a stand against Shocker and put history back on its proper course.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, light, captivating, entertaining, futuristic
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Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Wars (2012)
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The Kamen Rider Club discovers that the Dai-Zangyack fleet is moving towards Earth, led by Captain Marvelous as their Great Emperor. With many revived Super Sentai villains under his command, Captain Marvelous plans to obtain the Great Power of the Kamen Riders to gain the "Ultimate Treasure in the Universe. Meanwhile, Tsukasa Kadoya becomes the Great Leader of Dai-Shocker once again and recruits past enemies of the Kamen Riders to take down the Super Sentai teams. Unknown to the heroes, the Kamen Rider villains comprising Dai-Shocker cooperate with Dai-Zangyack's Super Sentai villain members with the intent of taking over the world. Upon learning this, the Kamen Riders and the Super Sentai teams all join forces in order to stop their respective enemies once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, light, captivating, futuristic, entertaining
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ABCs of Superheroes (2015)
Plot Summary:
ABCs of Superheroes brings you not only one or two or five, but no less than twenty-six of the most heroic and outrageous Superheroes and Supervillains of all time. From the Almighty Ape to the fabulous Zee-Men, this anthology feature film will have you laughing and screaming for more. The ultimate experience in Superpower!.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic, splatter, anthology
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Super Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Battleship (2009)
Plot Summary:
Under the impression that they saved the World of Den-O, Tsukasa Kadoya (Kamen Rider Decade) and company begin their journey to the World of Kabuto when they are halted by Sieg who presents them a manuscript that detailed the legendary Oni Conquest with Momotaros' image on it. As this occurred, the Tarōs mysteriously vanish from the DenLiner as they are about to help Kotaro Nogami (Kamen Rider New Den‑O) out with the true threat to their world.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, entertaining, futuristic
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Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka (2008)
Plot Summary:
Set after the events of Kamen Rider Den-O, Ryoutaro and the DenLiner gang have set up a detective agency called the DenLiner Police who seek to keep the Imagin that survived the Junction Point in check after an Imagin stole a spare Den-O Pass from Owner while he was training.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, futuristic, detective
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Farewell Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown (2008)
Plot Summary:
When the Imagin and Kohana take a trip to visit Ryotaro and Airi, they are attacked by the legendary Ghost Train, and onboard are two Imagin and the evil Kamen Rider Yuuki, who is none other than Ryotaro! But when all hope seems lost, a blue DenLiner appears, delivering someone claiming to be Kamen Rider New Den-O! Just who is he, and can he help everyone save Ryotaro and save time once again?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, futuristic, anime
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Kamen Rider Agito: Project G4 (2001)
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Shouichi encounters a teenage girl called Sayaka, who ran away from a military facility because of an attack by the Ant Lords. Sayaka has a supernatural ability to foresee the future. Risa Fukami, of the military group GA, wants to use that power to enhance the newly-made G4 System, which was based upon designs stolen from Ozawa. Now, Agito and Gills must fight to stop the Ant Lords' attack, as G3 and G4 settle their score.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, futuristic
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Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: Dinosaur Great Battle! Farewell, Eternal Friends (2014)
Plot Summary:
Both TyrannoRanger and AbaRed are attacking the Kyoryugers because of mind control by Space War God Boldos. Boldos uses the feelings of revenge from enemies defeated by heroes who uses the power of dinosaurs, creating Neo-Grifforzer and Neo-Geildon, clones of past enemies as well as Enter and Escape,enemies of the Go-Busters. Villains spanning generations are united into a single evil force. The Kyoryugers, who are fighting an unseen evil, meet with the Go-Busters, and the "Greatest Trap ever seen on Earth" is sprung. What rises up against the true dinosaurs, and the death of your best friends? Now, the Kyoryugers must try and use the "True Brave".
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, super sentai
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GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai (2007)
Plot Summary:
"Even today there are those who risk their lives to protect the world. Thirty Super Sentai who protect the Earth from dangerous enemies." GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai is a multiple Sentai crossover film that celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the Super Sentai series. The team-up includes the Boukengers and special guests MagiYellow, AbareBlack, HurricaneBlue, DekaBreak, and MagiShine. They are joined by an unknown Ranger named AkaRed.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, captivating, entertaining
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Juken Sentai Gekiranger vs. Boukenger (2008)
Plot Summary:
The team-up movie between Juken Sentai Gekiranger and GoGo Sentai Boukenger. Gekirangers are visited by Boukengers when someone from space with ultimate power threatens the existence of Earth.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, captivating, entertaining
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Kamen Rider Movie War 2010: Kamen Rider vs. Kamen Rider W & Decade (2009)
Plot Summary:
Movie War 2010 is split into three parts. The Kamen Rider Decade portion of the film, written by Shoji Yonemura, is titled Kamen Rider Decade: The Last Story. It follows the series cliffhanger ending at the climax of the Rider War. The film is billed as the "True Ending" and was originally subtitled Decade vs. All Riders. The Kamen Rider W portion of the film, written by Riku Sanjo, is titled Kamen Rider W: Begins Night, taking place between episodes 14 and 15 of Kamen Rider W, investigates the origins of Kamen Rider Double as briefly shown in the cold opening of the series' first episode, referred to in the series as the "Begins Night". The film is described as the "True Beginning" and was originally subtitled Episode Zero. In the final portion of the film entitled Movie War 2010, a convergence of the two films that brings the casts and characters of Decade and W to finish the fight with Super Shocker together.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining, futuristic
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Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace (2004)
Plot Summary:
Four years after an alternate ending to the series, in which Blade seals the Joker, the characters have moved on with their lives: Kenzaki is a garbage man, Mutsuki has graduated high school, and Kotarō has published a book about the Kamen Riders to great success. The Undead have been re-released, and a new trio of Kamen Riders—Glaive, Larc and Lance—have emerged from BOARD, now led by Tachibana. After recapturing two of the Category Aces, Kenzaki and Mutsuki join with the new Riders. When all the Undead are sealed once more, Glaive reveals himself to be the Albino Joker, a white version of the original Joker, and captures Kotarō's niece to obtain the ultimate power, sealing her in the Vanity Card. In order to free Amane from the card, Hajime is unsealed from the Joker Card and the four Riders are again united, intent on saving Amane and stopping the Albino Joker.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining, anime
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Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final (2002)
Plot Summary:
This movie is an alternate ending to the series, taking place after the events of episode 46. With only six Riders remaining in the Rider War, Shirō Kanzaki feels that time is running short.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, futuristic
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Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai (2001)
Plot Summary:
Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai is a 2001 Super Sentai Series V-Cinema movie which celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Super Sentai Series. It features a team up of the protagonists of Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger with previous heroes of the Super Sentai Series over its twenty-five year history. It is the first vs. movie, followed by Boukenger vs. Super Sentai, in which the current team do not team up with the previous team, rather a veteran team composed of Rangers from various Sentai.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate (2010)
Plot Summary:
Intercepting the transport carrying Foundation X’s new 2nd generation Gaia Memories, the special-ops unit NEVER, led by Daido Katsumi, intend to turn Fuuto into Hell on Earth. With Daido wielding the T2 Eternal Memory and a Lost Driver, granting him power in the form of Kamen Rider Eternal, Fuuto’s Kamen Riders are left powerless as Daido and his allies take control of Fuuto Tower, converting it into a massive laser weapon….
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, futuristic
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Minnal Murali (2021)
Plot Summary:
A tailor gains special powers after being struck by lightning but must take down an unexpected foe if he is to become the superhero his hometown in Kerala needs.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: India
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born! (2007)
Plot Summary:
With Gaoh having stolen the DenLiner and trapping the Imagins onboard, Ryotaro and Hana find themselves trapped in the year 2000 where they meet Ryotaro’s younger self, but Ryotaro is slowly forgetting everything having to do with Den-O! As Gaoh gets closer to his target, the only hope lies with Yuuto’s complex plans and a little bit of luck, or else time itself could fall victim to Gaoh’s evil desires!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, futuristic
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A Writer's Odyssey (2021)
Plot Summary:
Kongwen Lu is the author of a fantasy novel series following a heroic teenager, also named Kongwen, on a quest to end the tyrannical rule of Lord Redmane, under the guidance of a Black Armor. But through a strange twist of fate, the fantasy world of the novel begins to impact life in the real world, leading Guan Ning to accept a mission from Tu Ling to kill the author.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: captivating, dark fantasy, entertaining
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Kamen Rider Revice The Movie: Battle Familia (2022)
Plot Summary:
The Igarashi siblings travel to the forbidden Area 666 to rescue airjacking victims (including their parents!) from the dangerous criminal known as Azuma, who wishes to judge the fate of humanity himself.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining, suspenseful
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Thor: God of Thunder (2022)
Plot Summary:
Thor’s villainous brother Loki has escaped Asgard to search for Yggdrasil — The Tree of the Nine Realms. The tree holds the power of the Universe, and is secreted away on Earth. With the help of giant wolf god Fenrir, Loki plans to destroy the tree and replant it in his image, giving him dominion over all. Now Thor must follow Loki to Earth to wage an epic battle that will hold the two worlds in its balance.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Action, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining, mockbuster
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Kamen Rider Ichigou (2016)
Plot Summary:
45 years ago, a man was subjected to the experiments of the secret organization Shocker and became a cyborg. Since that day, the man's sole mission has been protecting humanity and justice from the threat of Shocker. His name is Takeshi Hongo, the first Kamen Rider. After a long battle overseas, Hongo hears a certain girl is in danger and immediately returns to Japan. He then meets Takeru Tenkuji, Kamen Rider Ghost, who had been investigating the girl's whereabouts.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, contemplative
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Agent Revelation (2021)
Plot Summary:
An ancient dust that controls humans is unleashed, but mysteriously affects Jim Yung who gains superpowers. Jim is taken to an underground base where he's trained to be an operative to take on an imminent alien threat and learn why aliens have returned to Earth.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating
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Ultraman Decker (2022)
Plot Summary:
Seven years have passed since Ultraman Trigger protected the world from various threats. In the present, Kanata Asumi, who is a positive young man, peacefully lives together with his grandpa. One day, while delivering ordered food, he witnessed a catastrophe: Spheres from the outer space attack Earth and Mars. Motivated by saving the precious lives of the people, he merges with Ultraman Decker and joins GUTS-Select, in order to protect what's important.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider (2016)
Plot Summary:
As a computer virus based on Pac-Man invades Japan, a group of doctors attack Genm Corp and begin a wave of terror using stolen Proto Gashats. Ghost and Ex-Aid find themselves at the center of the fight in an effort to protect those most important to them. But they aren’t alone, as Heisei Riders from the past join them to stop Dr. Pac-Man!.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, super sentai