Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) on Netflix
PG-1320042h 5mActionAdventureFantasySci-FiThriller
The Earth Defense Force has buried Godzilla under Antarctic ice. When monsters attack cities around the world, mutant ensign Shinichi Ozaki guards Dr. Miyuki Otonashi as aliens arrive over Tokyo.
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The 20th century's environmental disasters produced giant monsters and superhumans called mutants, who were recruited into the Earth Defense Force to fight them. The strongest of the monsters, Godzilla, was imprisoned beneath Antarctica's ice by the warship Gotengo. Years later, monsters strike cities worldwide: Rodan in New York City, Zilla in Sydney, Anguirus in Shanghai, King Caesar in Okinawa, Kamacuras in Paris, Kumonga in Monument Valley, Ebirah at Tokai. Mutant ensign Shinichi Ozaki guards Dr. Miyuki Otonashi, a U.N. biologist studying a mummified monster, and the Shobijin tell him it is Gigan, a cyborg that tried to destroy the Earth ten thousand years ago. They say a battle between good and evil is coming, and Ozaki must choose a side. The monsters vanish when a huge alien vessel appears over Tokyo.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
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- Director Ryuhei Kitamura first wanted Jean Reno, star of the 1998 Hollywood Godzilla film, for a role; it was then offered to Christopher Lambert and Sonny Chiba before Kitamura chose to cast a professional wrestler or mixed martial artist instead, which led him to Don Frye.
- After Godzilla: Final Wars the franchise went on a ten-year hiatus, broken when Legendary Pictures' Godzilla (2014) succeeded and prompted Toho to restart the Japanese series with Shin Godzilla (2016). Suitmation shorts for the Godzilla Fest events (2021-2024) later reused replicas of the film's Godzilla and Hedorah suits.
- Composer Keith Emerson, recruited by Kitamura, was given only two weeks to write the score and ended up writing more music than the film used, having worried about the time before going on tour.
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