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Genre | Sci-Fi |
Format | NTSC, AC-3, Multiple Formats, Subtitled, Widescreen, Color, Dolby |
Contributor | Kikukawa, Rei, Mizuno, Kumi, Takarada, Akira, Preston, Mick, Izumiya, Shigeru, Matsuoka, Masahiro, Ôtsuka, Chihiro, Kitamura, Kazuki, Frye, Don, Ibu, Masatô, Kosugi, Kane, Schnase, Darren, Sahara, Kenji, Takashima, Masanobu, Nagasawa, Masami, Funaki, Masakatsu, Mizuno (II), Maki, Suga, Kenta, Kunimura, Jun See more |
Language | English, Japanese |
Runtime | 2 hours and 5 minutes |
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Product Description
Godzilla's 50th Anniversary project and costliest adventure to date out of 28 films. Earth has beenrelatively peaceful since Godzilla was successfully buried deep in ice beneath the South Pole. Then - sometime a few years hence-several of his old nemeses return to wreak havoc on cities worldwide. A huge spaceship suddenly appears and neutralizes all the monsters in a blink. The visitors are "Xiliens," who take human form and announce they would like to negotiate a peace treaty that would replace the United Nations with a "United Universe". They are indeed too good to be true, however. It doesn't take long before their nefarious real purpose is exposed - conquering Earth. Greatly outmatched, Earth officials decide to de-freeze Godzilla as man's only hope to vanish the invaders, as well as the monsters they control. Only trouble is Godzilla is still mad at man for freezing him in the first place.
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.40:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.53 inches; 3.2 ounces
- Item model number : COLD12761D
- Media Format : NTSC, AC-3, Multiple Formats, Subtitled, Widescreen, Color, Dolby
- Run time : 2 hours and 5 minutes
- Release date : December 13, 2005
- Actors : Frye, Don, Funaki, Masakatsu, Ibu, Masatô, Izumiya, Shigeru, Kikukawa, Rei
- Subtitles: : English
- Language : Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B000BMY2L0
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #24,011 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #511 in Science Fiction DVDs
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I've been watching a lot of Godzilla movies, and many of them are similar: a monster arises, destroys Tokyo, and Godzilla saves the day while the humans try to do something useful (but rarely succeed).
Here, the humans have helpfully confined a lot of monsters on a single island, where they can be studied and confined.
Unfortunately, when space aliens decide to take over the planet, the monsters are handily confined in one place, and so easily knocked out and implanted with control devices. Whereupon they each attack a different city. But don't worry: Tokyo is eventually attacked by all of them.
The filmmakers really went all out for this one. A nice twisty plot involving space aliens, lots of monsters, loyal humans who fight back -- this gives great value for money.
The other real pleasure for G fans is the star-studded cast. Three venerable stars of older kaiju films turn up, two in major roles. Akira Takarada (star of the original GODZILLA, 1954) plays the UN Secretary General and Kumi Mizuno (the gorgeous leading lady from MONSTER ZERO, FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD, WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS and more) plays the Commander of the Earth Defense Force. In a smaller role, Kenji Sahara turns up in a lab coat assisting the attractive young female biologist (Rei Kikukawa) assigned to investigate the monster attacks. Also on hand are Jun Kunimura (Boss Tanaka in KILL BILL VOL. 1); Kane Kosugi, a martial arts star in his own right and son of "ninja" star Sho Kosugi; and one other gorgeous actress, Maki Mizuno, who plays the biologist's newscaster sister. Masahiro Matsuoka plays Ozaki, the lead mutant hero who uses MATRIX-style martial arts to fight the alien invaders. Don Frye (Public Enemies) plays the tough American captain who pilots the Gotengo (the flying, burrowing ship from ATRAGON) and stands up to the aliens in several memorable confrontations. A martial artist/wrestler/extreme fighter known primarily in Japan, Frye speaks all his lines in English in the Japanese print I saw, while everyone else speaks Japanese to him.
The film's all-star monster cast and alien invasion plot seem derived chiefly from DESTROY ALL MONSTERS (1968), but with everything pumped up to hyper speed. The film is incredibly fast-paced and filled with action, either in the form of battles between monsters or martial arts fights/ray-gun shootouts between the human and mutant defenders and the alien invaders. Since the monsters attack numerous cities around the world (including New York, Paris, Shanghai, Tokyo--of course--and even Vancouver!) there turns out to be more mass destruction in this film than in all other G films combined.
One can argue that the whole production is sheer lunacy, but it's lunacy done with conviction and affection. The director clearly knows and loves Godzilla films and he conveys that love while also adding new twists and imaginative touches (e.g. Anguirus, the spike-covered ankylosaurus, curling up into a spiked ball to launch a rolling attack). One's overall reaction depends on any number of factors, but this should definitely be seen by all kaiju fans.
This film packs punch! It has lots of great combat scenes - not only between the humans and the aliens, but certainly amongst the monsters as Godzila fights his way across the globe and up the ranks as wave after of giant monsters try to bar his path.
I give this one Two GIANT thumbs up!
The humans respond by waking up Godzilla, who then proceeds to tackle on his rival monsters one on one, or one on two, until they are all destroyed. The humans do their part and destroy the aliens. Godzilla turns on the humans in order to finish the last fight, but Minya, or Minilla (current name), steps in and convinces Godzilla to leave the humans alone.
Do we watch monster movies for the human actions? Generally, no, but this one has some pretty good fight scenes. You can see the influence of the Matrix films, and a little bit of Tarentinoesque action in this film. Score one for that. Don Frye knows how to use a samurai sword - bonus points for that.
Now onto the important aspects of the film: the kaiju fight scenes. Overall, I am disappointed on many fronts. 1. That it was Godzilla and Mothra against all. If it wasn't going to be Ghidorah vs all like Destroy All Monsters, it should have been earth monsters versus space monsters. But this is a minor nit. 2. Many of the monster fights were too short, including the non-fight with Hedorah and Ebirah because these two took each other out before the fight with Godzilla began. But then again, Godzilla vs the Smog Monster started a rapid decline in the enjoyment of this franchise and should Hedorah even have been included in this? 3. Mothra was her noble self, but for taking on Gigan 12,000 years ago, she should have been a little bit more help to Godzilla. 4. Ghidorah is a much stronger opponent and especially that fight should have lasted longer. 5. I think Minya should have put the finishing touches on Ghidorah - that would have been icing on the cake. Disappointments aside, this Bruce Lee, Enter the Dragon type, one after the other type of fighting done by Godzilla was really enjoyable to watch, and a nice tribute to the essence of the Godzilla franchise.
On fight scene I did like though, and, it must be an inside joke because Angurus is strong against humans, but he is always the weakest monster, and I think it is a fight with Gigan that Angurus is treated like a soccer ball between the other two monsters.
When the movie was over and done with, I was very satisfied at the end.