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''Assault Girls'' is a Japanese live action film directed by Creator/MamoruOshii, released in 2009, starring Meisa Kuroki and Creator/RinkoKikuchi. The film is an unofficial sequel to Film/Avalon2001.

In the aftermath of a nuclear war, four people fight against sandwhales in a desolate looking virtual reality. All of them seek to kill the game's end boss, and to do so they are forced to ally.

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!!Tropes that apply to this film:
* AfterTheEnd: A virtual apocalyptic landscape within a true apocalyptic landscape.
%% * BadassCape: Colonel.
%% * BlackMagicianGirl: Lucifer is one, or at the very least, she plays one.
%% * CanonWelding: With Oshii's previous film, Film/Avalon2001.
%% * CuteMute: Lucifer. Her first action in the film is a happy dance. Followed by her spreading [[CreepyCute creepy black wings]].
%% * GenkiGirl: Lucifer fits, though unlike most Genki Girls, she is [[CuteMute not loud at all]].
* GirlsWithGuns: All three of the girls are capable of kicking plenty of ass with firearms.
%% * ImpossiblyCoolClothes: The main characters don't look unlike Final Fantasy characters.
* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Many takes drag on, including the opening shot.
%% * MouthfulOfPi: Killing Madara, the final boss, earns π x 10[[superscript:19]] points.
* NumberOfTheBeast: Lucifer is Player 0666.
%% * OpeningMonologue: A five minute long one by a droning monotone voice, over vague faded grey pictures.
%% * PerkyGoth: Lucifer, in a rather disturbing way.
%% * SandWorm: One of the "bosses".
%% * TranslationConvention: The actors speak English despite it not being the first language for any of them.
%% * TypeCasting: Creator/RinkoKikuchi is a mute. [[Film/{{Babel}} A]][[Film/TheBrothersBloom gain]].
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