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Shin Godzilla

Shin Godzilla

Action · Science Fiction · Horror · 2016

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.

Movie details

Shin Godzilla

“A god incarnate. A city doomed.”

2016 Action · Science Fiction · Horror 2h 0m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

7.2 / 10

Community rating

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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Shin Godzilla?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Shinji Higuchi · Hideaki Anno

Written by

Hideaki Anno

Hiroki Hasegawa

Hiroki Hasegawa

Rando Yaguchi

Yutaka Takenouchi

Yutaka Takenouchi

Hideki Akasaka : Special Advisor to the Prime Minister

Satomi Ishihara

Satomi Ishihara

Kayoko Ann Patterson : US special envoy

Kengo Kora

Kengo Kora

Yusuke Shimura : Secretary of Rando

Satoru Matsuo

Satoru Matsuo

Syuichi Izumi : Policy Research Council Vice Chairman

Mikako Ichikawa

Mikako Ichikawa

Hiromi Ogashira : Ministry of the Environment Nature

Issey Takahashi

Issey Takahashi

Ryu Yasuda : Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Research / Promotion Bureau Director

Court is in session

Put Shin Godzilla on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.