Sci-Fi Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

[Starbeast from Planet X]

Title: Godzilla: Final Wars

Tagline: Farewell, Godzilla.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller

Director: Ryûhei Kitamura

Cast: Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa, Don Frye, Maki Mizuno, Kazuki Kitamura, Kane Kosugi, Kumi Mizuno, Akira Takarada, Masatō Ibu, Masanobu Takashima, Shigeru Izumiya, Jun Kunimura, Chihiro Otsuka, Masami Nagasawa, Masakatsu Funaki, Kenji Sahara, Kenta Suga, Koichi Ueda, Akira Nakao, Tak Sakaguchi, Reika Kirishima, Tsutomu Kitagawa, Naoko Kamio, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Toshihiro Ogura, Motokuni Nakagawa, Ray Sefo, Yoji Tanaka, Shuya Yoshimoto, Koichi Yamadera

Release: 2004-12-04

Runtime: 125

Plot: Humanity final rids themselves of Godzilla, in-prisoning him in an icy tomb at the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay waste to Earth's cities. Overwhelmed, humanity is seemingly saved by a race of benevolent aliens known as Xiliens. But not all is what it seems with these bizarre visitors. If humanity wishes to survive they must reluctantly resurrect their most hated enemy, Godzilla.

 

[JRScherer]

While it focuses too much on the 'Matrix-lite' human characters this is still one of my favorite Godzilla movies. It's so crazy. I love the Gotengo and how Don Fry is basically an American Chewbacca -- he speaks only in English but he perfectly understands all of the Japanese characters and they understand him, too.

It's worth seeing if only for Godzilla's showdown with Zilla (the monster that appeared in the American Godzilla movie).