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Gamera - Revenge Of Iris
A young girl harbours hatred towards Gamera, following the accidental death of her parents. When she discovers the monster Iris, she teaches it to hate Gamera too. Then the Gyaos return... Read more
| Starring | Tsuyoshi Ihara, Akira Onodera, Shinobu Nakayama, Ayako Fujitani |
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| Director | Shusuke Kaneko |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy, World Cinema |
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Gamera - Revenge Of Iris
A young girl harbours hatred towards Gamera, following the accidental death of her parents. When she discovers the monster Iris, she teaches it to hate Gamera too. Then the Gyaos return...
| Starring | Tsuyoshi Ihara, Akira Onodera, Shinobu Nakayama, Ayako Fujitani, Yukijiro Hotaru |
|---|---|
| Director | Shusuke Kaneko |
| Studio | ADV FILMS |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 50 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Japanese |
| Dubbed | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 19 Apr 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
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Misunderstood Mutant Terrapin, GSOH, into long walks, the songs of Barbara Streisand and city-wide destruction, seeks same.
Think all Japanese monster movies are about blokes in dodgy rubber suits laying the smackdown on cardboard cities? Well, think again buddy! Yeah, I'm talking to you at the back!
As a kid back in the eighties I remember Channel 4 running a season of late night Godzilla flicks. I went nuts for the hokey creatures, the bats-arse plotting and the crappy special effects. Needless to say, only the plotting remains totally left-field - but, hey, that's the eastern sensibility for you!
Essentially, Gamera is a big, mutant turtle/dinosaur thing that breathes fire and flies. (As you do). He's not quite Godzilla but, like ol''Zilla, he sometimes helps the poor, badly dubbed folks of Japan battle against all manner of freaky alien invaders. Unfortunatley, he does have a tendancy to inadvertantly smash the hell out of their cities while doing it. (Which no doubt pisses the insurance companies off no end).
That's basically the nuts and bolts of what all these films are about. Gamera 3 chucks in some guff about earth spirits and human/monster bonding, too, just in case anyone is interested, but you won't care. Face it, you're here for the carnage candy, right?
Sad to say, then, but this flick only offers a paltry two mutant monster rumbles! In the whole damn two hour thing! Yet the model work and visuals are so damn good that Revenge of Iris keeps you with it right up to the typical 'open for a sequel' ending. Seriously, although you're never entirely convinced that it isn't just two burly fellas going at it under a ton of rubber (which is really part of the charm, after all), the SFX are outstanding, with credible blue screen work, well implemented CGI and dazzling destruction that could teach the Hollywood studios a thing or two about how to stage such demolition derbys.
Oh, and don't worry if ya haven't caught any Gamera flicks before - neither had I, but handily, even though this movie features characters and story set-ups from the first two in the series, someone is always on hand to spell out just exactly what's going on. (Not that any of you will actually give a monkey's).
So, in summary - a pretty fun movie that may skimp on the dust-ups but has a goofy charm and style to spare. If you've never clapped eyes on this mad sub-genre before then this is the perfect entry level film. Pretty straight-faced and a little more reserved than many of it's ilk, but I guarantee that just one evening with Gamera and you'll be jonesing to check out more of those crazy Jap 'man-in-a-suit' creature features.
(Just as a side note - what's with the name of Gamera's big bad monster nemesis? I mean 'Iris', for crying out loud?! Not Destructo or Killerzoid or Razorstorm or something funky and lethal like that. Oh no. Iris! Makes it sound like our big turtle friend is going up against some blue-rinsed old biddy at the local bingo, fer chrissakes! Actually, wait a minute - now THERE'S an idea for number four!...) -
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Misunderstood Mutant Terrapin, GSOH, into long walks, the songs of Barbara Streisand and city-wide destruction, seeks same.
Think all Japanese monster movies are about blokes in dodgy rubber suits laying the smackdown on cardboard cities? Well, think again buddy! Yeah, I'm talking to you at the back!
As a kid back in the eighties I remember Channel 4 running a season of late night Godzilla flicks. I went nuts for the hokey creatures, the bats-arse plotting and the crappy special effects. Needless to say, only the plotting remains totally left-field - but, hey, that's the eastern sensibility for you!
Essentially, Gamera is a big, mutant turtle/dinosaur thing that breathes fire and flies. (As you do). He's not quite Godzilla but, like ol''Zilla, he sometimes helps the poor, badly dubbed folks of Japan battle against all manner of freaky alien invaders. Unfortunatley, he does have a tendancy to inadvertantly smash the hell out of their cities while doing it. (Which no doubt pisses the insurance companies off no end).
That's basically the nuts and bolts of what all these films are about. Gamera 3 chucks in some guff about earth spirits and human/monster bonding, too, just in case anyone is interested, but you won't care. Face it, you're here for the carnage candy, right?
Sad to say, then, but this flick only offers a paltry two mutant monster rumbles! In the whole damn two hour thing! Yet the model work and visuals are so damn good that Revenge of Iris keeps you with it right up to the typical 'open for a sequel' ending. Seriously, although you're never entirely convinced that it isn't just two burly fellas going at it under a ton of rubber (which is really part of the charm, after all), the SFX are outstanding, with credible blue screen work, well implemented CGI and dazzling destruction that could teach the Hollywood studios a thing or two about how to stage such demolition derbys.
Oh, and don't worry if ya haven't caught any Gamera flicks before - neither had I, but handily, even though this movie features characters and story set-ups from the first two in the series, someone is always on hand to spell out just exactly what's going on. (Not that any of you will actually give a monkey's).
So, in summary - a pretty fun movie that may skimp on the dust-ups but has a goofy charm and style to spare. If you've never clapped eyes on this mad sub-genre before then this is the perfect entry level film. Pretty straight-faced and a little more reserved than many of it's ilk, but I guarantee that just one evening with Gamera and you'll be jonesing to check out more of those crazy Jap 'man-in-a-suit' creature features.
(Just as a side note - what's with the name of Gamera's big bad monster nemesis? I mean 'Iris', for crying out loud?! Not Destructo or Killerzoid or Razorstorm or something funky and lethal like that. Oh no. Iris! Makes it sound like our big turtle friend is going up against some blue-rinsed old biddy at the local bingo, fer chrissakes! Actually, wait a minute - now THERE'S an idea for number four!...) -
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