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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)

2001 | Fantasy

105 mins Japan

Twenty-sixth film in the Godzilla series. When Godzilla reappears to attack Japan once again, a young TV journalist realises ancient legends of three 'Guardian Monsters' may hold the key to stopping the creature's rampage.

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Produced by Toho
Director Shusuke Kaneko
Writer Shusuke Kaneko, Keiichi Hasengawa and Masahiro Yokotani
Cast Chiharu Niiyama, Ryudo Uzaki and Masahiro Kobayashi
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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
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2001 | Fantasy
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Twenty-sixth Godzilla movie (also eleventh Mothra movie, eighth Ghidorah movie and third Baragon movie, in case anyone's counting) recruits director Shusuke Kaneko, helmsman of the brilliant 90s Gamera trilogy; results are (perhaps inevitably) disappointing. A new incarnation of Godzilla threatens Japan, but a young tabloid TV journalist encounters a mysterious old man in an equestrian safety helmet who tells her of three legendary Guardian Monsters who will defend the country against this menace (Baragon is also a Guardian Monster but not famous enough to get his name in the title).

Some interesting innovations: first film to address (even obliquely) issues of Japanese culpability for events of the Second World War, first film where King Ghidorah is a good guy, first film with a scene set in Godzilla's intestinal tract. However, the end result is let down by a fatally uncertain tone - seemingly serious scenes of death and carnage are intercut with knockabout cheesy humour and in-jokes (in the English dub at least). The retro feel of the movie, hearkening back to the 60s films of the series, is not unwelcome, but its take on the formula is just plain weird. Most importantly it lacks the mythic grandeur of the Kaneko Gamera trilogy. Still better than the films which immediately preceded it, though.