Rinko Kikuchi (centre) plays one of the humans sent to Mars in Terra Formars (category IIB; Japanese). Directed by Takashi Miike, the film stars Hideaki Ito, Emi Takei and Tomohisa Yamashita. Rinko Kikuchi (centre) plays one of the humans sent to Mars in Terra Formars (category IIB; Japanese). Directed by Takashi Miike, the film stars Hideaki Ito, Emi Takei and Tomohisa Yamashita.
Rinko Kikuchi (centre) plays one of the humans sent to Mars in Terra Formars (category IIB; Japanese). Directed by Takashi Miike, the film stars Hideaki Ito, Emi Takei and Tomohisa Yamashita.

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Film review: Terra Formars – mutant man-bugs do battle in Takashi Miike’s live-action adaptation

On paper, this film is a delirious blend of video-game storytelling and the grotesque, but it could be much more entertaining; there is too much action and its superb cast is criminally underused

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Edmund Lee
Edmund Lee

Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Rinko Kikuchi (centre) plays one of the humans sent to Mars in Terra Formars (category IIB; Japanese). Directed by Takashi Miike, the film stars Hideaki Ito, Emi Takei and Tomohisa Yamashita. Rinko Kikuchi (centre) plays one of the humans sent to Mars in Terra Formars (category IIB; Japanese). Directed by Takashi Miike, the film stars Hideaki Ito, Emi Takei and Tomohisa Yamashita.
Rinko Kikuchi (centre) plays one of the humans sent to Mars in Terra Formars (category IIB; Japanese). Directed by Takashi Miike, the film stars Hideaki Ito, Emi Takei and Tomohisa Yamashita.
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