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Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 4  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 6.1/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins

Synopsis: The 28th installment in the ever-popular Japanese series is an ambitious affair, boasting 10 famous monsters, a very large budget, and talented director Ryuhei Kitamura. Sometime in the indefinite future, the world's major cities are suddenly attacked by 10 monsters at once; panic reigns... The 28th installment in the ever-popular Japanese series is an ambitious affair, boasting 10 famous monsters, a very large budget, and talented director Ryuhei Kitamura. Sometime in the indefinite future, the world's major cities are suddenly attacked by 10 monsters at once; panic reigns until Earth is visited by benign aliens who put an end to the monster plague. On the verge of signing a peace treaty, the aliens and the humans have forgotten Godzilla, who sleeps under the ice of Antarctica. [More]

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Starring: Masuhiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa, Kazuki Kitamura

Director: Ryuhei Kitamura

DVD Info

Release:

Dec 13, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Anamorphic - 2.40

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - Japanese, English
  • Subtitles - English - Closed Captioning
  • Subtitles - English - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Clips & Highlights - B-Roll of Special Effects Sequences
  • Trailers - 1. FINAL WARS Teaser Trailer
  • 2. TV Spots
  • 3. Promo Reel

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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

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07/11/08
Steve Biodrowski
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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.

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01/03/06
Mark R. Leeper
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1.5/4

...it becomes clear almost immediately that Kitamura is absolutely the wrong choice for the material...

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12/18/05
David Nusair
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... a blithely campy, altogether good-natured love letter to the classic Godzilla films of the 1960s and 1970s directed by... Japan's adolescent action stylist.

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12/14/05
Sean Axmaker
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2/5

Happy birthday, Godzilla! Sorry your movie stinks.

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12/10/05
David Cornelius
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12/06/05
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1.5/4

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.

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08/05/05
Ty Burr
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4.5/5

If this truly is his last outing, at least he’s going out with a massive bang.

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07/12/05
Jim Agnew
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GODZILLA FINAL WARS gets its 4th ever USA screening at NY Asian Film Fest!!!
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GODZILLA FINAL WARS gets its 4th ever USA screening at NY Asian Film Fest!!!
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Not what fans expected, but still a lot of fun...
by: the Lizard 12/23/05

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