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Today I'll show you a fantasy-action film: "Gantz"
Spoiler ahead, watch out and take care
The movie begins at a subway station
Kei is reading a book focused on a successful job interview
He gets distracted for a moment by an ad of a naked woman posing for perfume,
when someone familiar passes by in front of him
He takes a couple of steps forward, and asks himself if it's Kato, his friend
While waiting for the train, someone falls onto the tracks
Kato takes a deep breath, and jumps onto the track to help the guy
Looking around, he finally sees Kei's face clearly, and calls him by name to ask for help
But Kei pretends not to know him; so Kato goes back to helping the drunkard
With the drunkard safely back on the platform, Kato struggles to climb on
Kei, unable to ignore him any longer, runs to offer his hand to help the other guy
Unfortunately, Kato pulls on his hand too hard; and Kei falls off the platform as well
The two don't feel anything
They then realize they're in the middle of a room
They find five other guys sitting on the floor, just as confused as they are
As the two look around, they discover a large matte black sphere, sitting next to them
Kei tries to look for a way out
On the other hand, Kato notices the windows, and attempts to pry one open
but one of the guys tells him that none of them works
Kei walks back; and Kato decides to confront him about ignoring him back at the station
He apologizes and explains that he didn't recognize Kato back then
They then talk about getting hit by the train, asking each other why they're still alive
They realize that the other guys in the room also died that day,
but woke up in the room for some reason
Right then, the large sphere activates;
and a naked woman, Kishimoto, materializes right in front of them
Kato covers her up, right before the large sphere starts playing music
Writings start appearing on it, informing the group that their old lives are gone,
and that the large sphere's now in charge of their new lives
It hands them a mission to eliminate an 'onion alien'
The large sphere then opens up, showing them numerous futuristic-looking weapons,
as well as briefcases with their names on them, containing suits they can wear
Only Kishimoto wears the suit
The group are given 20 minutes to complete the mission,
and are then transported to another part of Tokyo
Tired of all the mind games, one of the guys decides that he'll be heading home
Nishi, one of the more introverted and quiet guys, stops him
He explains that they're in a TV show, and are currently hypnotized
If they stay and play the game, they have a chance at winning 100, 000 dollars,
which catches everyone's attention
Kei notices their target just a couple of feet away from them
Nishi informs them to take a good look at it, since they'll have to chase it down
The target 'onion alien' runs away when it realizes that it's been seen
So everyone chases after it
After a long chase, they finally corner it in a garage
It offers them an onion leek
One guy who seems to be a thug, walks up to it
He lifts his futuristic gun and presses the trigger
But nothing happens
Kato catches up to the group, and finds them pointing all of their guns at the alien
After a minute, a body part from the alien explodes like mashed potato
While the group exclaims over the fact that the guns are real,
the alien attempts to protect itself, by clawing at what it can reach with its long fingernails
It slashes the group's knees, which angers them; and they start shooting at it again
Kato stops them too late, and the alien explodes
The thug continues to shoot at the obliterated corpse of the alien
Kato tackles him to stop him
Without their knowledge, a figure stands behind them
It drops a plastic filled with onion leeks
The thug arrogantly asks the figure what he's looking at
The figure takes a swipe at him, cutting his left leg off swiftly,
causing the thug to fall to his knee in front of the figure
He's lifted by his head, as the group points their gun at the figure
As the thug struggles, he accidentally swipes the figure's wig off
They realize that this figure is the older version of the 'onion alien' they just killed,
which could mean that it's the father
As the group shoots at him, he uses the thug's body as a shield from all the blasts
The thug explodes on everyone
Kei catches up, and finds the alien walking up to a shaking Kato
Before the alien can do anything,
Kishimoto pops out of nowhere and attacks it, pushing it far back from the two
She realizes too late the strength the suit gives her,
and walks up to Kato, asking him if he knows what's going on
The alien straightens up, and moves to attack the remaining members of the group
Nishi throws a rope that entwines around it
He approaches Kei and hands over the gun,
encouraging him to kill it, pointing out the fact that it has killed everyone
But Kei is unable to pull the trigger, so Nishi takes the gun from him and kills the alien instead
Soon after, the remainder of the group materializes back in the mysterious room
Nishi reveals that it's been a while since anyone else survived
Kato asks him what he knows
He directs their attention back to Gantz, the large sphere sitting in the middle of the room
An older male who should've been killed, materializes next to the group as well
Nishi reveals that no matter how injured one is,
as long as they're still alive and breathing, Gantz will transport them back
The group was then given points for how they contributed to that evening's mission
Nishi is the only one who receives points for killing their target alien
Kato is heated, because Nishi didn't do anything to save the others
Before a fight can break out, the group is transported back to reality
Unable to go back to his normal life, Kei looks up Kato in the directory
He quickly realizes that it's been a while since the directory's been updated
There wasn't even a building anymore at the address he found
Defeated, he goes back to the garage, where the incident with the 'onion alien' happened
The destruction is still there; so everything that happened that night was real
While exploring, he runs into Kishimoto, who's trying to look for anyone in the group
She then asks Kei if she can stay with him for that evening
It's revealed that Kishimoto recently broke up with her boyfriend
She committed suicide the night she met the group,
because her boyfriend was living with someone else, and she didn't know what else to do
She pulls out Kato's jacket, telling Kei that she had borrowed it, and wanted to return it to him
They find a planner in his pocket; and Kei unearths that Kato got out of juvie
As they're discussing Kato, Kishimoto is determined to only see the good in him
She admits that she hopes she had met him earlier
Kei comments that she must be thinking this way since she wouldn't have died,
if she had met him earlier
Offended, she turns around and lies down to sleep
Right then, Gantz calls the group again; and they wake up back in the room
They find three new people with them:
a woman, a grandmother, and a toddler who's crying in his grandmother's arms
This time Gantz gives them a mission to eliminate a 'Tanaka alien'
They're given the same weapons and briefcases filled with suits
Nishi explains that no matter what, they will get called every time they're needed
They're tasked to eliminate alien threats; and anyone who doesn't survive will get replaced
Sadly, the grandmother and toddler duo are taken out almost instantly by the 'Tanaka alien',
as soon as it runs into them
Kei finds their body as he materializes on the location
He's almost killed by the 'Tanaka alien' as well, but is able to fight off the attack with his gun
The 'Tanaka alien' charges his laser to attack Kei;
but Nishi materializes in front of him, and absorbs the attack
Distracted, the alien directs his attention to Nishi, instead of Kei
Nishi is brutally beaten up, and realizes that his suit has been destroyed
He calls for the group's help
Kato goes to save him; but it's too late
Nishi gets the full blast of the alien's laser
Before he dies, Nishi reveals the rule that if they're able to collect 100 points,
they'll get a chance to bring him back to life
Kei doesn't understand; but Nishi dies before he can explain further
The group gets into a fast and furious fight against the 'Tanaka alien'
Kei finally makes use of his suit's full potential,
and successfully shoots the alien, before it can destroy him with its laser
However, since he's close to the range of the attack, he gets blown along with the alien
By good luck, he materializes back to the room in time, completely healed
Gantz then activates to give out their score
In the last mission, only Kei scores a total of 7 points
He asks Gantz to reveal what happens if they get 100 points;
and they find out that they can choose from the 100-point menu
They can either erase their memory and set themselves free from the missions,
or resurrect a person from memory, which is what Nishi told about before he died
Kei wakes up back at home
This time he's still wearing the suit
As he's testing the suit's abilities, he gets a call from his classmate, a manga writer
She asks him to meet her, so that she can show him the manga she's working on
When they meet up, Kei realizes that the hero she's working on, is based on him
He comments that it reminded him of the old him;
and he explains further that when he was younger, he would often stand up for kids who got bullied
It was actually how he met Kato and became a friend of his
On the other side, Kishimoto drops by Kato's building, to return the jacket she had borrowed
They talk about what's going on in the room and with Gantz
She confesses that she really wanted to die that night
But now, she wants to live after meeting him
Appreciating Kishimoto's confession,
Kato reveals that he was in juvie before, because he killed his abusive father
He confides that he can't leave his brother behind again
The next evening, Gantz calls the group again for a new mission
This time they recognize that they're needed and are ready
They're joined by three new guys, and are tasked to eliminate an 'ill-tempered alien'
Kato informs the group that they're not dead yet, and encourages them to fight;
so they can survive together
He hands over the suits; but the Buddhist monk refuses to believe him,
and announces that he's lying bullshit, cautioning everyone from listening to him
Kei gets into an argument with Kato, disclosing that he thinks Kato isn't worried about the group,
but rather just wants to go home and hide
He understands now that Nishi was right about Kato
The group is then transported in front of a museum somewhere
One new guy wearing glasses points his gun at one of the large statues in front of the museum,
which explodes after a moment
The real 'ill-tempered alien' then comes alive to destroy the group
Kei cockily confronts the statue, thinking that he knows enough to bring it down on his own
The Buddhist monk seeks refuge at one of the museum's exhibits,
while the rest of the group scrambles to work together and brings the alien down
Kei successfully protects everyone, and brings down the alien on this mission
The two get into another argument,
as Kato points out that Kei didn't really handle things since people were killed
but Kei argues that it wasn't his fault, since they didn't run fast enough
But then, Kei wonders out loud why they aren't back yet
Back in the room, the timer runs out, only for it to run another round of 20 minutes
One of the women they're with, limps out of an exhibit
She tells them it hurts before dying
Kei then realizes that means there's another alien before the mission ends
The group heads inside
They find the bloodied corpse of the Buddhist monk
Kei stops in front of a thousand-armed Buddha,
that immediately comes to life and starts attacking him
It slashes and slices all over him; and the suit isn't strong enough to keep him protected
Kato concedes that Kei is still as stubborn as ever,
and shares that he always wanted to be like him
He acknowledges that maybe Kei is right,
and he's just a hypocrite because he just wants to go home to his brother
Kato goes to fight the alien
It speaks to him, and announces that humans attacked and killed first
It vows revenge for what was done, and promises death for everyone
Kishimoto shoots at the ugly handy alien, and encourages Kato to escape
The alien switches its attention to Kishimoto
She points her gun at the alien again, and then realizes that her gun has been sliced in half
Kato stands up to fight again
This time unsheathing a futuristic katana
Kato fights the alien, but is defeated at last
Before it can kill him, Kishimoto jumps in front of the alien,
and is stabbed through by its many swords
He reaches out to catch her and holds her, as she gasps her last dying breath
She tells Kato that he has to go back to his brother
She reaches out for his cheek to bring him closer for a farewell tongue massage;
but she passes before their smelly lips can meet
In anger, Kato picks up the katana again, and launches another attack
This time Kato is unfortunate enough that the alien hits its mark
His blood drips down the alien's head, as it brings his body over its head
It throws Kato away, close enough that Kei can reach him
The alien announces its plan for revenge again
It assures the destruction of all
Kei looks at Kishimoto's body as well as Kato's,
and musters enough strength to reach for Kato's katana to attack the alien
Realizing that the katana's not enough, Kei dives for a gun, and points it at the alien
However, it successfully hides behind its many swords; and Kei is only able to destroy the swords
Right then, the alien transforms into its true form
Growing bigger than the first one
The rest of the group are waiting just outside the museum
Kato, with his last strength, throws his gun towards Kei,
who catches it mid-air and runs up the alien's hormone-let-go arm, shooting at it
Kei jumps toward the alien; but it catches him by the mouth, and swallows him whole
We then hear shooting sounds inside the alien's body
It seems Kei successfully destroyed the alien from the inside
Soon after, Kei ends up back in the museum, searching for Kato
He wakes him up; and Kato tells him that he knew Kei could do it
Kei begs him not to die, and assures him that they'll be transported back to the room soon
Kato thanks him, since he can go back to his brother because of him
Kei notices that the suit Kato's wearing is leaking liquid, which means the suit has failed
He calls out to Gantz to hurry up, and bring them back
Kei begs Kato to hold on, as he's transported back to the room
However, only three of them return
Kei asks Gantz to show him who died
Kishimoto and Kato show up in the gallery
Upset, Kei demands Gantz to bring Kato back;
and the sphere replies by showing him the list of the 100-point menu
He realizes that he can bring Kato back, if he completes the 100 points
After class the next day, the classmate offers the next chapter of her manga to Kei;
but he refuses, stating that he's not in the mood to read it
At the subway station, a child drops his hat on the track
Kei jumps in to retrieve it for him
The train's fast approaching; and Kei's mesmerized when he sees its light
The classmate tries to call for his attention; but he's frozen on the spot
She begs him to move, and offers her hand
He finally snaps out of it, and reaches for her
He apologizes, and she cries, admitting that she loves him, and begs him not to die
That night, Kei visits Kato's younger brother
The movie ends with Kei and the rest of the group back in the room and in front of Gantz,
for their next mission
This time they're all determined to survive
Kei agrees to lead the group, and tells the new recruits that they're not dead yet,
and reveals what's waiting for them after achieving the 100 points
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