Expelled from Paradise (2014): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2014, Expelled from Paradise is an action, animation and science fiction film directed by Seiji Mizushima, running about 104 minutes. “Where did humanity come from?” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. A.D. 2400, DEVA's central council detects an incident of unauthorized access into their mainframe. Someone on Earth was trying to hack into the system. The only information DEVA was able to retrieve was that hacker referred to themselves as "Frontier Setter." To investigate the mysterious hacker's motives, the high officials of DEVA dispatch system Security Third Officer Angela Balzac to the Earth's surface. Equipped with a prosthetic "material body," Angela attempts to make contact with a local agent Dingo, but what awaited her instead was a swarm of Sandworms now infesting the Earth's surface. Angela intercepts the gruesome pests with her exoskeleton powered suit Arhan.

Who’s in it. Expelled from Paradise stars Rie Kugimiya as Angela Balzac (Voice), Shin-ichiro Miki as Zarik 'Dingo' Kajiwara (Voice), Hiroshi Kamiya as Frontier Setter (Voice) and Megumi Hayashibara as Christin Gillum (voice), among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.5/10, Expelled from Paradise has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In AU you can rent or buy it from Fetch TV. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Expelled from Paradise page.

If you liked it. Fans of Expelled from Paradise tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.