Godzilla has had a good long run with a few bumps in the way and now it's time for him to take another break. For his 50th birthday, Toho Co. decided do something for the monster king and what they did was send him to an explosive farewell party. Was it worth it? For the most part, yes. Let's stomp our way in.
Plot: Over the years, relentless wars and environmental destruction has caused a monster epidemic, so humanity finally united to combat the creatures, especially the very first one, Godzilla. Years after Godzilla's imprisonment in Antarctica by the flying weapon Gotengo, several monsters have appeared all over the world at the same time! Just when things seem hopeless, an alien race, the Xiliens (from Godzilla vs Monster Zero), comes down and disposes the monsters as an act of peace. However, not all is as it seems. A young, power-hungry Xilien kills his peaceful master and sets both the monsters and an invasion force to take over the earth. So with only the Gotengo left, our heroes unleash Godzilla from his icy tomb so he can take out the other monsters while they finish off the Xiliens. This is Operation: Final War!
The cast of monsters is nothing short of insane: Godzilla, his son, Mothra, Ghidorah, Gigan, Anguirus, Rodan, King Caesar, Kamacuras, Kumunga, Manda, Hedorah, Ebirah, and even the American Godzilla! The same can be said with the action scenes: explosions, shooting, monsters battling, flying, and...kung fu? Odd. While human fight scenes are almost nonoccurrent in the series, this one has a lot to a fault. The film tends to focus mainly on the humans and mutants (super humans) which is pretty disappointing because they could have saved some film by focusing on Godzilla and his battles more instead of wasting it on the human fights. Sure use the Gotengo vs Mother Ship battle but they should cut the other human fights off. It makes most of the monster fights seem short. Plus, I hate the villain here: a lousy and overconfident alien punk with a ridiculous laugh. He's like a Power Rangers villain reject! They could have also written a better and more central role for Baby Godzilla instead of having him hang out with an old man and his grandson.
Despite its faults, this is suitable way to give Godzilla a farewell present, but he shall return in 2012! Its worthy edition to the Godzilla series so check it out. Long live the King!
Plot: Over the years, relentless wars and environmental destruction has caused a monster epidemic, so humanity finally united to combat the creatures, especially the very first one, Godzilla. Years after Godzilla's imprisonment in Antarctica by the flying weapon Gotengo, several monsters have appeared all over the world at the same time! Just when things seem hopeless, an alien race, the Xiliens (from Godzilla vs Monster Zero), comes down and disposes the monsters as an act of peace. However, not all is as it seems. A young, power-hungry Xilien kills his peaceful master and sets both the monsters and an invasion force to take over the earth. So with only the Gotengo left, our heroes unleash Godzilla from his icy tomb so he can take out the other monsters while they finish off the Xiliens. This is Operation: Final War!
The cast of monsters is nothing short of insane: Godzilla, his son, Mothra, Ghidorah, Gigan, Anguirus, Rodan, King Caesar, Kamacuras, Kumunga, Manda, Hedorah, Ebirah, and even the American Godzilla! The same can be said with the action scenes: explosions, shooting, monsters battling, flying, and...kung fu? Odd. While human fight scenes are almost nonoccurrent in the series, this one has a lot to a fault. The film tends to focus mainly on the humans and mutants (super humans) which is pretty disappointing because they could have saved some film by focusing on Godzilla and his battles more instead of wasting it on the human fights. Sure use the Gotengo vs Mother Ship battle but they should cut the other human fights off. It makes most of the monster fights seem short. Plus, I hate the villain here: a lousy and overconfident alien punk with a ridiculous laugh. He's like a Power Rangers villain reject! They could have also written a better and more central role for Baby Godzilla instead of having him hang out with an old man and his grandson.
Despite its faults, this is suitable way to give Godzilla a farewell present, but he shall return in 2012! Its worthy edition to the Godzilla series so check it out. Long live the King!