Kamen Rider (2023 Film)

Kamen Rider is an upcoming 2022 American action science-fantasy horror film directed and written by Quentin Tarantino and produced by Michael Bay and Toei Company Ltd. It is based on the Japanese media franchise of the same name. It is the first installment of the Toei Cinematic Universe. The film stars Fumiya Takahashi, Ichika Osaki, Toshiki Seto, Ken Jeong, Craig Owens, Margot Robbie, Brad Dourif, Ray Pattinson, Jesse Eisenberg, and Ken Watanabe. It is scheduled to released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer through their United Artists Releasing joint-venture and Columbia Pictures (It will be distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing internationally) sometime in June 2022.

Plot
During World War II, Adolf Hitler forms an alliance with an evil demon to invent special nanobots that can allow human subjects to have superhuman fighting abilities by being infused with animal DNA and robotic cybernetics, thus making them into part-monster and part-robot mutants. That is how Shocker is born. In present day, the still-global organization Shocker has kidnapped college prodigy Hongo Takeshi, who used the same engineering to modify him into the organization's strongest soldier. But luckily, he escapes without being brainwashed, and starts experimenting on his given cybernetics to become Kamen Rider and battle Shocker's minions. However, to avoid disaster and harm to those close to him, Hongo tries to keep his cyborg life from his friends as a secret.

Cast
Fumiya Takahashi as Kamen Rider/Hongo Takeshi - a gifted college student who, after being cybernetically enhanced by Shocker, becomes a cyborg with superpowers and tries to bring down the evil organization from world domination and replacing humans with androids.

Ichika Osaki as Ruriko Midorikawa - one of Hongo's friends who later gets suspicious about him when he acts different after being altered.

Toshiki Seto as Taki Kazuya - an FBI agent who is sent to investigate the strange going-ons Shocker causes.

Ken Jeong as Tobei Tachibana - Hongo's adoptive father who runs the Tachibana Racing Club. Until the third or fourth act, he is the only one whom Hongo exposes his identity to.

Craig Owens as Sid "Snake Oil" Verdan - a street punk who got arrested for his crimes that Hongo busted. Impressed by his "evil", Shocker approached him and asked if he can revenge on him. He agrees, and they reconstructed him into Scorpion Man, who has a deadly stinger and uses his claws as melee weapons.

Margot Robbie as Miriam Blonsky - one of Shocker's commanders as well as its own femme fatale.

Brad Dourif as Doctor Shinigami/Ivan Tawanovitch - one of Shocker's top commanders and a former researcher from the Soviet Union. He joined Shocker so he can learn how to revive dead people.

Ray Pattinson as Harold Newman - one of Shocker's commanders who sent out Spider Man to abduct Hongo. His cyborg form is Tokageron, a lizard monster. Compared to the Great Leader, he is the film's main villain.

Jesse Eisenberg as Jerry Mingald - one of Shocker's generals who can assume his monster form Bat Man.

Ken Watanabe as the voice of the Great Leader - a mysterious being who found Shocker and can speak through a beacon to his minions at every post. He is not the main antagonist until the sequel.

Eric Bauza as the voice of Spider Man - a spider monster who can strangle victims to death with his durable webbing, and can kill them on contact by shooting them with darts that inject potassium cyanide. Eric Bauza also voices Bat Man, a vampire bat monster who can suck blood out of human victims.

Kevin Michael Richardson as the voice of Tokageron - a muscle-bound lizard monster who is armed with a ball-like weapon that can also double as a reusable bomb.

Frank Welker as Vocal Effects

Rating
Rated R for strong graphic violence and gore, disturbing behavior, pervasive strong language, graphic nudity/sexuality, mayhem and destruction, and some drug use.

Home Media
The film will be released on Digital HD in October 13, and on Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray 4K, Blu-Ray 3D, and DVD on October 20 by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Future
Two sequels and a prequel of this film have been announced. The first sequel will feature the first appearances of Kamen Rider Nigo, the Shocker Riders, and the organization Geldam (later Gel-Shocker), while the second will feature Kamen Rider V3, Riderman, and the organization Destron.

The prequel will center on the founding of Shocker.