I just realized that my indictment of Japan’s Returner as a B-movie implies that Hollywood blockbusters (including some source materials for Returner) are the global standard for A-movies. Hollywood, as a movie-making money machine, is unmatched on this planet and it would be unfair to hold foreign features to the same production standards. Ideologically speaking a B-movie is one that knocks off concepts from previous films. The obvious references to Hollywood sci-fi flicks visible in the trailer for Returner compell me to group it in the “B” category, regardless of the possibility that it may be an “A” movie by production and casting standards.