Shin Godzilla

Shin Godzilla

2016 · 120 min · JA · PG-13 · 7.3 (1,682 votes)
Dir. Shinji Higuchi, Hideaki Anno · Starring Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Kengo Kora, Satoru Matsuo, Mikako Ichikawa · Music Shiro Sagisu

“A god incarnate. A city doomed.”

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When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.

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This is a relentless, dread-soaked experience, blending overwhelming disaster spectacle with sharp, satirical commentary on bureaucratic paralysis. It feels like a nerve-wracking, propulsive descent into chaos, punctuated by moments of awe-inspiring destruction and the frustrating reality of human incompetence in the face of an evolving, existential threat.

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