Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters

2017

1h 29m

Sci-Fi

Anime

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75%

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8 Reviews

44%

Audience Score

250+ Ratings

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?

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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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Chanr3y k

This movie is somewhat decent, it sets up an interesting universe, but we have to get through some bland as hell characters to actually get some kaiju action, which we barley get any of mind you

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/09/24

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GIOVANNI D

I loved the film because Godzilla is no longer the same, he even had a mini Godzilla that the humans killed thinking it was him but suddenly the real one appears and he is gigantic and the tactic they used to kill the little one doesn't work on him because he he has a shield that protects him from this attack and then Ghidorah appears and he was untouchable preventing him from being hurt by Godzilla but it was because there was a person using magic for this to happen and after the humans defeat this person Godzilla manages to defeat him and the humans still want dominate the planet so they create a base with materials found on the planet to serve as a trap and it doesn't work. I didn't really like the ending because the protagonist kills himself with a ship towards Godzilla and Godzilla just lets out an atomic breath and it's over.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/18/24

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Pepe Silvia P

Boring. Good concept, but fails the execution like the rest of the trilogy. Cheap cgi anime animation.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/01/24

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Zukirin

I honestly like this, I like the intense part where they fought godzilla and the strategy that they did or use. You just gotta have patience for this movie in the first half. So 4.5 star I liked it!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/11/24

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Audience Member

The universe is cool, Godzilla meets Star Trek with sprinkles of The Last of Us. But this chapter is pretty lackluster to me. The animation focused more on the tech things and Godzilla’s attacks, but this animation is ok at best for my liking. The story is ok too, just a bunch of ok-ness. The biggest L has to be that Godzilla just feels so immobile. Godzilla has little movement and is way more menacing from afar, which is something that shouldn’t fall short if you want a good Godzilla movie. The sound design is, however, pretty top notch, the fighting scenes are remote drop worthy at times and the voice acting is pretty cool. Only things I felt that were better than ok.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/03/24

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Sedale S

The universe is cool, Godzilla meets Star Trek with sprinkles of The Last of Us. But this chapter is pretty lackluster to me. The animation focused more on the tech things and Godzilla's attacks, but this animation is ok at best for my liking. The story is ok too, just a bunch of ok-ness. The biggest L has to be that Godzilla just feels so immobile. Godzilla has little movement and is way more menacing from afar, which is something that shouldn't fall short if you want a good Godzilla movie. The sound design is, however, pretty top notch, the fighting scenes are remote drop worthy at times and the voice acting is pretty cool. Only things I felt that were better than ok.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/03/24

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Hiroyuki Seshita

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Kobun Shizuno

Director

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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