Godzilla Raids Again

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Godzilla Raids Again

Released May 21, 1959

1h 22m

Sci-Fi

Horror

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Pieter-Jan Van Haecke

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Oda’s narrative offers the Japanese spectator a message of hope, yet not without underlining that what is repressed today will resurface another day – i.e. the truth of the pacific war cannot be effaced.

Nov 29, 2022

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Harris Dang

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With an even more explosive climax involving air raids and avalanches, Godzilla Raids Again may not be as emotionally satisfying as the original film, but it does provide other pleasures and it is just as inspirational of what is to come.

Nov 7, 2019

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Evan Saathoff

Birth.Movies.Death.

Godzilla Raids Again doesn't know the rules of being a Godzilla movie because many had not yet been invented. It creates a big one (the fights), but often goes off on its own, merry way, making it something of a charming gem.

May 24, 2019

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Film4 Staff

Film4

Great fun.

May 24, 2019

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Sky Staff

Sky Cinema

Still, it's good fun, if you like watching a couple of guys in monster suits trashing model cities that is.

Rated: 3/5

May 24, 2019

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Rob Humanick

Suite101.com

Unwise in investing so much time in its human characters, who are poorly drawn and never particularly compelling.

Rated: 3/5

May 24, 2019

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Collin M

Is it anywhere near comparable to the original 1954 film? No, not at all. Godzilla Raids Again lacks the emotional depth and dark thematic elements that made Godzilla so powerful. The film isn't all negatives though. It's the first to entroduce the monster on monster brawl it out fights the series is known so well for, and it's a pretty cool fight at that. While Raids Again isn't as memorable as the original, it still has a few things to offer.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/25

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Laura B

Not as good as the original, but still a great sequel which introduced the "monsters fighting while destroying a city" trope.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/13/24

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Audience Member

A failed sequel to a good original, main complaint is that its boring but still interesting plot

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/14/24

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josh d

Under appreciated, but flawed.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/09/24

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Riley T

a stinker unfortunately, boring af characters and story and action nowhere near as good as the original. godzilla and gamera moments were kinda cool but thas it

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/22/24

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Justin T

Not quite as good as the first movie, it is basically more of the same with some anomalies introduced that make it very slightly worse. There feels like there is even more padding between the giant monster attacks and the padding is even less interesting than the first film. When Godzilla is smashing or fighting you still smile but with the caveat that some of the footage is sped-up to look goofy rather than slowed down to look more epic. There wasn’t enough giant monster action to make it anything special. I suppose to its credit, it does pave the way for monster on monster fighting action rather than just giant monster smashing city the first one was. There are some funny moments.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/19/24

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Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Toho Company
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): May 21, 1959, Original
Runtime: 1h 22m