Godzilla: Final Wars

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Godzilla: Final Wars

PG-13

2004

2h 4m

Sci-Fi

Action

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Humans revive a frozen and gargantuan creature to save the Earth from sinister aliens and the monsters they control.

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

This 28th entry in Toho Studio's series about the fire-breathing big fella is campily engaging for a while, but at two hours-plus you may come out feeling captivated dead.

Rated: 1.5/4

Aug 5, 2005

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Kevin L. Lee

Film Inquiry

It's clear that director Ryuhei Kitamura approached the material with the sole intention of creating the mother of all monster rumbles.

Jun 7, 2019

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Some kind of unholy hybrid of Godzilla, The Matrix, and Star Wars.

Rated: 5/10

May 13, 2014

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Steve Biodrowski

ESplatter

This 50th anniversary grand finale to the long-running series is a rush of explosive excitement that pays homage to what came before but hypes it up into a kinetic brew that feels fresh and exciting %u2014 not an obituary-like coda but a glorious send-off

Jul 11, 2008

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Andrew Kasch

Dread Central

...the story is about on par with the Xbox games. But who cares? It's pure camp.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 26, 2006

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Mark R. Leeper

rec.arts.movies.reviews

This final film offers a lot of sound and fury and weaves fourteen copyright Toho monsters into one plot, but the film offers nothing that is both new and of interest. The plot is a re-tread of that of DESTROY ALL MONSTERS.

Rated: 4/10

Jan 3, 2006

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This is my favourite, thing of all time

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/19/24

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Justin T

This is not a “good” movie in the traditional sense of the word but oh my gosh this certainly is an entertaining movie. So if you are not pretentious then you gotta see this one! You don’t even need to see any of the previous ones. It’s a giant monster, actually no, it’s lots of giant monsters. And aliens. You really can’t get bored watching this. I didn’t like the look of the film, like they tried to copy The Matrix (1999) but without any of the finesse. In fact, it takes a lot from other films, most notably The Matrix as already mentioned but also from the Star Wars films. Not that I mind as the series has done it’s own takes on James Bond, Indiana Jones and The Terminator to name a few direct previous influences. There are so many kaiju in this film and there are aliens and lots of city smashing so this is certainly the best of this era of Godzilla but falls short of most of the previous era. The kaiju are all looking the best that they ever looked.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/18/24

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Dogzilla D

Define "epic". - Dogzilla

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/27/24

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Alessandro M

The best iteration of the best fictional character with one of the best movie soundtracks and with one of the best human characters in fiction played by a legendary wrestler. Simply the best movie of all time, no more (maybe), and surely no less.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/08/24

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Audience Member

This, is the first and best godzilla movie I've seen it is the perfect mix of showa, heisei, and millennium it has all of the king of the monsters allies and enemies. And Monster X/Keizer Ghidorah is my favorite Ghidorah (Along side with Heisei Ghidorah).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/02/24

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Bob V

One of my favorite godzilla movies. Action packed with the best American general in cinema history.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/06/24

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Ryûhei Kitamura

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Masahiro Matsuoka

Shin'ichi Ôzaki

Rei Kikukawa

Miyuki Otonashi

Akira Takarada

Naotarô Daigo

Kane Kosugi

Katsunori Kazama

Kazuki Kitamura

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Synopsis

Humans revive a frozen and gargantuan creature to save the Earth from sinister aliens and the monsters they control.

Director: Ryûhei Kitamura
Screenwriter: Wataru Mimura, Isao Kiriyama
Production Co: Toho Company Ltd.
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 25, 2011
Runtime: 2h 4m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD

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