Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters

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Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters

2017

1h 29m

Sci-Fi

Anime

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The planet is beset by the emergence of colossal creatures that roam the earth, and king among them is "Godzilla". For a half a century, these beasts engage in ferocious battle with each other and mankind. But humans, unable to compete, prepare for exile from their home planet. In the year 2048, a select few humans are chosen by the central government's artificial intelligence infrastructure to set out on an interstellar emigration vessel, the Aratrum, on an 11.9-lightyear journey for the planet Tau-e in the Cetus constellation. But when they arrive after 20 years of space travel, the remnants of mankind find the environmental conditions on Tau-e to be much different than expected, and basically uninhabitable by humans. On youth on board the emigration vessel, Haruo, had seen his parents killed by Godzilla before his eyes when he was only 4 years old. Ever since, he has thought of nothing but returning to Earth to defeat Godzilla. With the doors to emigration now closed, Haruo and other crew spearhead a "return to Earth" decision despite severely attenuated and hazardous conditions on board for such a long trip back. Somehow, the Aratrum makes the return journey in one piece, but the home they return to has become an alien planet. 20,000 years have elapsed, and a new ecosystem has emerged atop the food chain. Can mankind take back its native planet? Will Haruo get his revenge?

Patrick Galvan

Syfy Wire

With a more polished script, Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters might've been something of a modern classic.

Mar 3, 2021

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Naoya Fujita

IGN Movies

While the film employs cel shading and game-like elements, the standard formula of Godzilla gets flipped on its head with humanity on the offense.

Rated: 7/10

Mar 3, 2021

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

"Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters" has some faults, particularly regarding the fully CGI approach, but it definitely deserves a watch for its story, direction, and especially the great battle scenes.

Oct 27, 2019

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Taylor Made

Geeks of Color

Godzilla: Planet of Monsters did a decent job setting up the world and introducing some concepts that have some real potential, but the weak character development is really a killer.

Aug 14, 2018

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Jonathan Barkan

Dread Central

...a bland entry in a trilogy that has great potential.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 23, 2018

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

Animation proves to be an exemplary medium for this story, particularly the lovely hybrid animation form used here.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 18, 2018

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Benjie P

Overall boring. I mean the whole killing Godzilla Filius thing was cool and well thought out and the animation was cool plus the godzilla earth reveal scene was nice but the rest of it was boring🥱. Though I guess the anime slightly improves and the Planet Eater isn’t too bad I would rather watch Singular Point which I really liked.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/26/24

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Zack W

Great story but in the sequel we should of seen mechagodzilla up and running

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/26/24

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gingerbread b

why dont people like this movie it is so good

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/11/24

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Audience Member

The main character was too angsty for my liking, basically just Eren Jaeger but without the titan powers. But that's really my only complaint about the movie. Otherwise, I really enjoyed it, and that soundtrack held nothing back!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/01/24

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Timmy S

Not big fan anime, but this film is surely alright with great potential voice-acting and Godzilla’s appearance the mostly problem is it’s short runtime.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/29/24

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Douglas G

This is a pretty abominable episode/movie, if I may say so. It started off really well with a cool sci-fi angle that quickly descended into techno-babble. Long story short we barely saw Godzilla and the other so-called monsters. The alien religious angle was unnecessary and the lead character chasing Godzilla was, should I say, a religious fanatic in a killing pursuit. The sound is cool and the whole premise is interesting at first but it falls flat, and it unfolds badly.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

06/12/24

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Synopsis

The planet is beset by the emergence of colossal creatures that roam the earth, and king among them is "Godzilla". For a half a century, these beasts engage in ferocious battle with each other and mankind. But humans, unable to compete, prepare for exile from their home planet. In the year 2048, a select few humans are chosen by the central government's artificial intelligence infrastructure to set out on an interstellar emigration vessel, the Aratrum, on an 11.9-lightyear journey for the planet Tau-e in the Cetus constellation. But when they arrive after 20 years of space travel, the remnants of mankind find the environmental conditions on Tau-e to be much different than expected, and basically uninhabitable by humans. On youth on board the emigration vessel, Haruo, had seen his parents killed by Godzilla before his eyes when he was only 4 years old. Ever since, he has thought of nothing but returning to Earth to defeat Godzilla. With the doors to emigration now closed, Haruo and other crew spearhead a "return to Earth" decision despite severely attenuated and hazardous conditions on board for such a long trip back. Somehow, the Aratrum makes the return journey in one piece, but the home they return to has become an alien planet. 20,000 years have elapsed, and a new ecosystem has emerged atop the food chain. Can mankind take back its native planet? Will Haruo get his revenge?

Director: Hiroyuki Seshita, Kobun Shizuno
Screenwriter: Gen Urobuchi
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Polygon Pictures
Genre: Sci-Fi, Anime
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 17, 2018
Runtime: 1h 29m