Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle
Humanity's desperate battle to reclaim the Earth from Godzilla continues. The key to defeating the King of the Monsters may be Mechagodzilla, a robotic weapon thought to have been lost nearl... Read allHumanity's desperate battle to reclaim the Earth from Godzilla continues. The key to defeating the King of the Monsters may be Mechagodzilla, a robotic weapon thought to have been lost nearly 20,000 years ago.Humanity's desperate battle to reclaim the Earth from Godzilla continues. The key to defeating the King of the Monsters may be Mechagodzilla, a robotic weapon thought to have been lost nearly 20,000 years ago.
- Haruo Sakaki
- (voice)
- Metphies
- (voice)
- Yuko Tani
- (voice)
- Adam Bindewald
- (voice)
- Rilu-Elu Belu-Be
- (voice)
- Unberto Mori
- (voice)
- Halu-Elu Dolu-Do
- (voice)
- Endurph
- (voice)
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- Maina
- (voice)
- Marco Ghione
- (voice)
- Josh Emerson
- (voice)
- Bilusaludo Soldier
- (voice)
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- TriviaThis film features Godzilla Earth, the largest incarnation of the character to date, which was previously seen at the end of Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017). Godzilla Earth is 300 meters tall and weighs 100,000 metric tons, with the second-largest version of Godzilla, featured in Shin Godzilla (2016), standing 118.5 meters tall and weighing 92,000 metric tons.
- GoofsThe characters reason that the Hotua tribe must stem from the human race since they closely resemble humans. This logic is undermined by the fact that in this universe, both the Bilusaludo and the Exif aliens also look just like humans apart from a few very minor differences. The Hotua don't look any more human than they do.
- Quotes
Halu-Elu Dolu-Do: Don't you want to win against Godzilla? With limited time and limited resources, it's an obvious decision to begin discarding the most inefficient thing. The physical body is one such thing, right?
Haruo Sakaki: Metphies mentioned that you guys wanted to become the same being as monsters. Are you planning to give birth to a new Godzilla on this planet?
Halu-Elu Dolu-Do: Godzilla is the product of Earth's civilization. You seem to regret this as a mistake, but for me, I commend it as a great achievement. If you were to be faulted, it's the foolishness that you couldn't control Godzilla that was generously born. Think about who this planet currently belongs to. If Godzilla was the name given to the environment's ruler, we humanoids must attain the goal of becoming Godzilla.
Haruo Sakaki: Are you being serious?
Rilu-Elu Belu-Be: To be fused with Mechagodzilla City is the same as organisms evolving to the next stage. Instead of being weak creatures controlled by emotions, you'll live in a world of perfect logic.
- Crazy creditsA scene which sets up the next installment follows the final credits.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018)
While the first film had lots of set-up time and had both a dull color scheme and a static cast, here the drama is more engaging and a greater variety of color is used. Characters have greater emotional range and are a bit fleshed out more, especially protagonist Haruo who is just starting to undergo a change beyond his "We must kill Godzilla" mentality that frankly made him stale first time around. More world-building is brought in and it's pretty interesting, particularly the Houtua culture and the further look into the aliens' views and backstories. There's also a conflict that happens between the characters that shifts the dynamic of their campaign, which I found engaging. There are fascinating themes at play with elements of evolution, religion, individualism, nature vs technology, and what truly separates man from monster. As for Godzilla, whenever he's on-screen, he is still both powerful and intimidating, not to mention pulls a couple of unexpected moves.
Sadly, weighty flaws hurt Part 2. First off, the film repeats the same basic story beats of Part 1 down to a similar climax. Like before, Godzilla doesn't come around until the climax, so waiting is in order. There's also misleading marketing in that Mechagodzilla, despite all the advertising, plays no active role; in fact, he's barely seen (the prequel novels seem to have more going on in them). This is due to the low budget and strict limitations Toho gave the staff. Characters tend to repeat things over and over and most (Haruo aside) don't change much from their starting roles and personalities. Moreover, there's a romantic subplot that I felt could've been done better.
"Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle" is something of an improvement over the past entry. The new stuff is mostly good, the action is entertaining enough, and there's more going on thematically and drama-wise, but the film's reluctance to go further and instead repeat what was done before, coupled with the absence of substantial side character progression, held it back. The after-credit scene promises the arrival of a classic Godzilla foe, putting pressure in the final entry of this trilogy to really deliver, which I hope it does.
- kevinxirau
- Jul 18, 2018
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- Godzilla: Chapter 2
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- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1