Godzilla 2: Kessen Kidou Zoushoku Toshi

After a desperate battle and many losses, humans finally slay Godzilla—the monster that caused humanity to flee Earth 20 thousand years prior. But the creature Haruo Sakaki's troops killed was not alone; there existed another Godzilla on Earth yet to be defeated. Grievously wounded from the first conflict, Sakaki wakes up in the home of a young girl who is a member of the Houtua tribe. Bearing a shocking resemblance to humans, the Houtua have adapted to survive the changed climate of the planet that had long been abandoned.

With most of their resources depleted, the remaining members of Sasaki's special forces struggle with the decision to abandon their mission and their home planet or to fight an improbable battle. Hope is not completely lost however, as the members from the Bilusaludo race of aliens discover remnants of their anti-Godzilla weapon Mechagodzilla. Even with this powerful weapon in their arsenal, victory seems impossible to grasp: Godzilla has spent all this time evolving and preparing to defeat anyone who dares to challenge its superiority.

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Sakaki, Haruo Main

Miyano, Mamoru Japanese

Godzilla Supporting

Maina Supporting

Ueda, Reina Japanese

Metphies Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Miana Supporting

Ozawa, Ari Japanese

Mechagodzilla Supporting

Tani, Yuuko Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Bindewald, Adam Supporting

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Lazzari, Martin Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Galu-Gu, Mulu-Elu Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Yoshizawa, Takashi Producer

Seshita, Hiroyuki Director

Shizuno, Koubun Director

Motoyama, Satoshi Sound Director

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Jul 30, 2019

johnbradshaw

Recommended

I will admit, I was never and will never be a fan of the largely popular franchise Godzilla. God knows how many times they will recycle the story to grab some more cash. But man, even so, this movie is so exciting to watch and is completely better than the first movie Netflix released.

The story takes off from the first movie's ending when most of the human's tropes have been wiped out by the almighty Godzilla. Seemingly all hope has lost but that's not the case for our main character, Sasaki Haruo, who by accident found out about a kind of human still survive on ... earth. Furthermore, he along with the surviving tropes discover a mean to destroy the Godzilla. Will their plan succeed this time? Well, that's what you have to find out for yourself.

I think the animation for this movie has improved quite a bit from the first movie. The characters and sceneries look more realistic and their movement is not so stiff anymore. But still in no way I can imagine that a Godzilla should be treated with such bad CGI, I can barely realize the Godzilla. I gave the animation a 5. The soundtrack is just the same, not bad but I do want something new for this. Gave it a 7.

What can I say about the characters? They never change, such one-dimensional, quite fitting for the settings of the movie but again the fact remains prevent the movie from any breaking grounds and hold back its potentials.

Even so, the entertainment value is great. I can say the way they deal with the Godzilla is quite clever though it's mostly just plot devices. A good movie to watch with your friends in the evening.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jul 25, 2019

WitchyCat

Mixed Feelings

The story is fine. I still wish this could've been a full anime series instead of three movies because there is a lot of world-building without fully using it. Things are brought up without needing those new elements in the story. If it were a full anime series, we could spend more time with those things rather than using a tiny bit of them as plot devices. I also disliked the main character. I dislike main characters that are emotional and value their own things over the things of other people. I feel like this movie has the main character do the opposite of growth. ... He actually becomes more immature compared to the last movie, which is saying something.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Feb 25, 2021

DanTheMan2150AD

Not Recommended

"Descended or not, they're not an evolution more like a new generation."

Part of me really wants to like this trilogy but it's making it incredibly difficult due to how shocking the quality of the actual story is. The positive stuff from the previous adventure carries over, like the music and animation but dear god has it just nose-dived into pure angst.

Following the events of Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, the Aratrum is unable to contact Haruo and the rest after their encounter with the original Godzilla. The Captain orders the Aratrum's withdrawal if drones fail to find survivors within 48 hours. Haruo reunites with some ... of his teammates and is taken captive by a humanoid hunting party. The group are reunited with Martin Lazzari whose platoon have been healed by a humanoid race who is known as the "Houtua", surviving descendants of humans who remained on Earth and safeguard the egg of their fallen deity. The group are telepathically questioned by the Houtua leaders over why they burned their lands, letting them go once Haruo explains they were only attacking Godzilla. Haruo's group reunites with Metphies and the other survivors during an encounter with the Servum. During the fight, Galu-Gu realizes that the twins' arrowheads are laced with "nanometal", the nanotechnology used to create Mechagodzilla!

The direction is definitely a step down from the previous one getting even flatter in comparison to the more interesting shots of the first. However, the fight between Mechagodzilla and Godzilla are the biggest highlight and show some semblance of competence. Takayuki Hattori's might be one of the best parts of this film, especially his themes for Mechagodzilla. The story has some decent concepts about remembering your origins but it's so needlessly edgy that it hurts. The characters are perhaps even worse than the last one but again it has some concepts which are okay.

Overall, City on the Edge of Battle, a stupid title, is pretty a disappointing story that is backed up by a halfway decent score.

"It feels like I'm about to go inside a monster."

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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