Shin Godzilla
Seen it?2016 | 120 min | Action, Science Fiction, Horror
Saturday SpecialWhy it’s a Saturday Special
It earned strong reviews (86% on Rotten Tomatoes), it made about 6 times its budget and it's still drawing plenty of interest. A strong pick for the weekend.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for horror fans, sci-fi fans and action fans. If you loved Pacific Rim, start here.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 2 hr.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13: scary moments. Probably too much for younger kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
86% on Rotten Tomatoes, 67 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
7.3 out of 10
- AwardsSolid
16 wins and 6 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerStrong
$83 million worldwide on a $15 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 505K people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Shinji Higuchi, Hideaki Anno
- Hiroki HasegawaRando Yaguchi
- Yutaka TakenouchiHideki Akasaka : Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
- Satomi IshiharaKayoko Ann Patterson : US special envoy
- Kengo KoraYusuke Shimura : Secretary of Rando
- Satoru MatsuoSyuichi Izumi : Policy Research Council Vice Chairman
- Mikako IchikawaHiromi Ogashira : Ministry of the Environment Nature
- Issey TakahashiRyu Yasuda : Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Research / Promotion Bureau Director
- Kanji TsudaFumiya Mori : Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare / Research and Development Division Director
- Shinya TsukamotoKunio Hazama : Jouhoku University Associate professor
- Toru NomaguchiTachikawa : Agency for Natural Resources and Energy / Electricity and Gas Industry Department Director