Gantz...Live Action Movie!!

[Col. Zombie]

Yesterday my wife and I went to see 127 Hours (great movie). Before the movie started I noticed that Fathom Events would be airing a live action version of the hit anime Gantz. I'm not a huge anime fan but I have watched several series that my wife's cousin has recommended to me. I was blown away by Gantz. It has such a unique, immersive and violent story.

I am only posting this for some of you who, like myself, may have not even known this was coming out. Some of you sci-fi fans may also be interested in watching this. Here is a link to a trailer for the movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii0m_ysRnkc

The basic plot of the story goes like this...

A pair of high school students, Kei Kurono and Masaru Kato, are hit by a subway train in an attempt to save the life of a homeless drunk who had fallen onto the tracks. Following their deaths, Kurono and Kato find themselves transported to the interior of an unfurnished Tokyo apartment. The pair soon realize others are present and find that they are not able to leave the apartment. At one end of the room there is a featureless black sphere known as "Gantz".

After some time in the room, the Gantz sphere opens up, revealing a bald naked man with a breathing mask and wires attached to his head, and three racks protruding from it, that offer various items for them to use. These include the custom fitting black suits Gantz makes for each of them, giving them super-human abilities, a controller which acts as a radar and stealth unit, and three types of guns.

When the Gantz sphere opens, green text appears on its surface, informing those present that their "lives have ended and now belong" to him. A picture and brief information is shown of some of the Gantz Targets, Gantz ordering them to go and kill them. All but one target shown thus far, have been aliens living on Earth, which take on a wide variety of forms. After a period of time which varies between missions, everyone except Gantz are transported to the location of the mission.

It will be released for one night only on Thursday, Januray 20. You can get tickets for it here. http://www.fathomevents.com/