Zeiram



A Japanese Sci-fi film in which an unkillable alien creature (Zeiram) arrives in on Earth (landing in Japan, naturally). It is followed by Iria, a female bounty hunter from another planet who has been pursuing Zeiram. Upon arriving, Iria, Zeiram, and two electrical workers are drawn into an alternate dimension where they only have a certain amount of time to kill Zeiram.

Zeiram was followed by a sequel, Zeiram II, as well as an animated prequel, IRIA: Zeiram the Animation, which depicts Iria's first encounter with Zeiram.


 * Action Girl: Iria.
 * Alien Lunch: Teppei eats a cockroach, squicking Kamiya heavily.
 * Bifauxnen: in the animation.
 * Bounty Hunter
 * BFG: The cannon that's used to defeat Zeiram's  final form
 * Cool Mask
 * Enemy Summoner: Zeiram; also crosses over with Cloning Blues and Mook Maker when it spawns a whole army of biological weirdos in the animation.
 * One of the funniest moments in the movie is when Zeiram summons an enemy... who ends up just being a puddle with a head and half of a torso. Zeiram grunts at it while pointing forwards, and the two argue in an alien language, presumably about how the puddle literally can't do what Zeiram is telling it to, then Zeiram facepalms and stomps on it.
 * Everything's Better with Bob
 * Healing Factor: Zeiram... kinda;
 * Hero-Killer: In Iria: Zeriam The Animation, Zeiram kills her brother Glen.
 * Kick the Dog
 * Kill Us Both
 * Made of Iron: Zeiram takes a lot of punishment.
 * Nice Hat: Played with in the first movie and the Animation;
 * Ominous Latin Chanting
 * One-Winged Angel
 * Perpetual Motion Monster
 * Pocket Dimension
 * Restraining Bolt
 * Salaryman: The workers from the original movie.
 * Shower of Angst: Twice in the animation.
 * Small Girl, Big Gun
 * Street Urchin: Kei.
 * Used Future: The animation has a nice lived-in feel to it.
 * We Can Rebuild Him
 * Whip Sword
 * Wholesome Crossdresser: from the Animation.