Although the film and the anime are not really the same story-wise its still a good thing to watch if your a Guyver fan. Non-guyver fans may find it abit tedious and at times boring.

The main difference is that Sho (or Shaun, in the film) is now a man and not a high school boy. After the first movie, Mutronics, Shaun defeats the evil Zoalord and rescues his girlfriend.He tries to live a normal life. Although with most films like this you know that will never happen.
Drawn by the Guyver to an archeological dig Shaun must uncover the secrets of the Guyver and find his own destiny whilst trying to thwart the plans of Chronos who have suddenly emerged again.

The action is there, the romance, the drama etc. The fights are choreographed well and the Guyver suit looks pretty true to the original manga design (and it looks much better than from the first movie). I agree that the Zoanoids could of had better designs and powers. It is like they are just there for the Guyver to kill. The last fight between the Guyver and the Guyver-zoanoid is one you will want to watch again and again. Especially when they use the blades on their arms to fight.

All in all its a good movie. You will enjoy it more if you have some Guyver history though so be warned if you know nothing about Guyver.

A fun film with almost everything you could want
Review date: 2001-04-06 Rating: 8 out of 10

although a very good film, it fails to live up to the standards of the Manga Anime series and more time could of been spent on some of the zoa-noids.

S'okay but the Cartoon Series is FAR better
Review date: 2001-03-12 Rating: 6 out of 10

The martial arts in this film are good and some of the ideas from the series are translated well. But... the costumes are bad, the zoanoids in particular look like rejects from a sci-fi convention. The guyver costume is okay (I like the fact that they made parts of it move - more "realistic" for biological armour).

The music is very bad, very very bad. Some of the Zoanoid noises are particularly bad (one sounds like a cross between a bear with a sore paw and a kitten).

The acting is a little hammy, but tolerable. Interesting tidbit of info, the actor who plays Sean (David Hayter) is the voice of Solid Snake in the Videogame "Metal Gear Solid"

The fight scenes are very well choreographed (especially towards the end). Some very interesting stunts and transformation sequences. In particular the high fall stunt about 2/3 of the way through the film.

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