Storyline
From the mind behind Evangelion comes a hit larger than life. When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.
Directors
Cast
Tetsu Watanabe, Jun Kunimura, Kimiko Yo, Suwa Taro, Akira Emoto, Arata Furuta, Ken Mitsuishi, Takumi Saito, Shinya Tsukamoto, Toru Tezuka, Suzuki Matsuo, Moro Morooka, Issey Takahashi, Hideaki Anno, Mansai Nomura, Hiroki Hasegawa, Satomi Ishihara, Takahiro Miura, Pierre Taki, Matsuo Satoru, Kanji Tsuda, Kyusaku Shimada, Shingo Tsurumi, Sei Hiraizumi, Yutaka Takenouchi, Kengo Kora, Mikako Ichikawa, Toru Nomaguchi, Daisuke Kuroda, Ren Osugi, Kenichi Yajima, Akira Hamada, Ikuji Nakamura, Jun Hashimoto, KREVA, Yû Kamio, Kôsei Katô, Shohei Abe, Keisuke Koide, Hairi Katagiri, Yôta Kawase, Ren Mori, Atsuko Maeda, Kazuo Hara, Isshin Inudô, Akira Ogata, Kihachi Okamoto, Mayumi Ogawa, Katsuhiko Yokomitsu
Trailer
Reviews
88
You shouldn't watch Shin Godzilla for Godzilla alone. He's not really the star of the film—Yaguchi and the rest of his human adversaries are. They credibly resist the end of the world with ingenuity and teamwork, making Shin Godzilla just as winningly optimistic as it is pleasurably eccentric.
75
People talk non-stop at lightning speed, often while walking. The action sequences, underpinned by a loud and soppy symphonic score, actually provide a sense of respite, as Gojira methodically levels buildings and patiently releases streams of fire from his crimson throat.
75
Come for the city-flattening; stay for the political satire.
75
So, yes, Shin Godzilla is dialogue-heavy, and sometimes it fails to make much sense. And after that knockout battle scene in the middle of the film, the end conflict is a little anticlimactic, especially for Western audiences used to a lone hero sacrificing themselves to save the day instead of the successful execution of a coordinated team effort.
70
The mother of all allegorical monsters takes on new meaning in a talky, vaguely nationalistic reboot that slips on like a comfortable sweater, even if it’s a sweater with some holes in it.
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