Godzilla: Final Wars Reviews

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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... 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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Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

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

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/10

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

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4

Happy birthday, Godzilla! Sorry your movie stinks.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

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