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Gojira: Fainaru uôzu (2004) -- Godzilla's 50th Anniversary project, in which Gojira (Godzilla) travels around the world to fight his old foes plus a new, mysterious monster named Monster X.
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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Isao Kiriyama (screenplay)
Ryûhei Kitamura (screenplay)
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Release Date:
4 December 2004 (Japan) more
Tagline:
Earth: Out-numbered, Out-monstered, Out-done. more
Plot:
Godzilla's 50th Anniversary project, in which Gojira (Godzilla) travels around the world to fight his old foes plus a new, mysterious monster named Monster X. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Masahiro Matsuoka ... Earth Defense Force Soldier Shin'ichi Ôzaki
Rei Kikukawa ... UN Molecular Biologist Miyuki Otonashi
Kazuki Kitamura ... The Controller of Planet X

Don Frye ... Douglas Gordon (Captain of the Gôten)
Akira Takarada ... UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo

Kane Kosugi ... M-Facility Soldier Katsunori Kazama
Maki Mizuno ... Newscaster Anna Otonashi (Miyuki's older sister)
Masami Nagasawa ... Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Chihiro Ôtsuka ... Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Kenji Sahara ... Paleontologist Hachirô Jingûji
Kumi Mizuno ... Earth Defense Force Commander Akiko Namikawa
Masakatsu Funaki ... M-Unit Commanding Officer Kumasaka
Masatô Ibu ... The Xilian General
Masanobu Takashima ... Major Kita

Mick Preston ... New York Cop
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Godzilla: Final Wars (International: English title)
The Godzilla (Japan) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence.
Runtime:
125 min | Argentina:125 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Actress Tomoe Shinohara, who played the girl in the hostel and hospital scenes in "Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidorâ: Daikaijû sôkôgeki" appears in this film portraying herself in the TV talk show scene. She's identified by a name tag on the table. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: The New York cop's mouth and speech are badly mismatched. This is because actor Mick Preston used the F-word repeatedly during filming and was later required to dub over his original dialog with less-offensive language. Viewers can still see him mouthing the F-word in certain shots. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Narrator: Wars and pollution, relentless fighting and environmental destruction, have all awakened vicious monsters. Humankind therefore joins forces with one another in order to drive off the monsters, instead of killing each other. Thus, the Earth Defense Force is born...
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Movie Connections:
References X-Men (2000) more
Soundtrack:
Rudezilla Mix more

FAQ

Is this really the final Godzilla movie?
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31 out of 36 people found the following comment useful.
Surprising Godzilla movie, 16 March 2005
8/10
Author: conor_kiley from United States

A very unusual Godzilla film.

It Moves very fast. The monster battles are not like any of the previous films and the human side of the story is as much a focus as the Monsters tale is and surprisingly it is interesting. It works mainly as an adrenaline rush though, it's cathartic. The "monsters" have a lean, muscular look and move fast- they are not the puffy slow moving beasts of the past.

No long drawn out scenes of endless wrestling, this is more like boxing and Godzilla is the master dispatching them all. No need to be a fan to find it entertaining.

This movie does something similar to what "Aliens" did way back in '86. It redefines Godzilla as an Action Hero and goes past what any casual viewer might expect. This is a hard core action film that never lets up and leaves you drained.

The main negative is that it cribs way too much from the film "The Matrix". While Matrix lifted from Asian cinema generously, Final Wars does a Xerox of the copy and in several places has a tin ear regarding some things that are now considered trite and overused the world over.

The movie is just a lot of fun.

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