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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Directed by Shusuke Kaneko
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Most recently watched by sleestakk
Overview
Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and its people for the suffering they inflicted in the Pacific conflict.
Rated NR | Length 105 minutes
Actors
Chiharu Niiyama | Ryûdô Uzaki | Masahiro Kobayashi | Shirô Sano | Takashi Nishina | Kaho Minami | Shin'ya Ohwada | Kunio Murai | Hiroyuki Watanabe | Shingo Katsurayama | Toshikazu Fukawa | Ryo Kase | Kôichi Ueda | Mizuho Yoshida | Akira Ohashi | Rie Ôta | Masahiko Tsugawa | Hideyo Amamoto | Ai Maeda | Aki Maeda | Kouichi Yamadera
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/26/2020 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Owned | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
If I’ve seen this one before I sure don’t remember. Pretty fun with lots of destruction and great battle scenes between a dead-eyed, meaner Godzilla and Baragon, Mothra and Ghidorah/King Ghidorah.
The suits for the trio of Godzilla’s foes are pretty great, especially Ghidorah and Mothra right after she hatches from her cocoon (she looks terrifying!); but Godzilla’s is dopey as fuck. His legs are splayed way too far apart and his midsection is fat and it just looks weird.
Baragon looks great in this but gets treated like shit and snuffed out before the other creatures even make an appearance. Poor Baragon, got done dirty!
Godzilla is a real asshole in this. And they come up with a weird backstory consisting of him being made up of all the souls (soldiers and civilians, U.S. and Japanese) who perished during World War II. Uhh, OK.
I did love the digs at the U.S. Godzilla film from 1998 however.
Considering Shûsuke Kaneko was coming off the success of his three Gamera films I expected this to be even better than it was. I bet the Japanese audience had mixed reactions to it.
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