Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		0.5
Overall		3.0

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Blu-ray Movie Review

Lots of monsters.

Note: 'Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack' is currently only available as part of a bundle with 'Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla.'

It's been fifty years since Japan faced its greets foe: Godzilla. The peace has been maintained for decades until recently when a creature thought to be Godzilla attacked New York City and is now reported to be seen in several nations. When an American submarine goes missing off the coast of Guam, the Japanese Navy sends a sub of its own to investigate. She reports that the vessel likely met a fate at the hands of a monster. Meanwhile, a production company is filming a Documentary/Drama, headlined by Yuri Tachibana (Chiharu Niiyama), daughter of Japanese Navy Admiral Taizo Tachibana (Ryūdō Uzaki) on Mt. Myoko. The production is interrupted by a massive earthquake. Yuri believes it signals the rise of guardian monsters -- Baragon, Mothra, and King Ghidorah -- and indeed, it appears that a battle for the ages between Godzilla and the Guardians is imminent.

Peek-a-boo!

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack delivers a solid film-quality transfer. It's a touch soft but enjoys a nice, natural appearance. Details are nicely reproduced, including facial features, clothing lines, and monster details. Colors are favorable, certainly not lively but well balanced and faithful to the source. Blacks waver between light paleness and minor crush. The print is clean and retains a light grain structure. Only minor banding ever truly interferes with the presentation.

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack features two language options, one the original Japanese track and the other the dubbed English version, both presented in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 configuration. The spoken word is a little firmer and deeper in the original Japanese, but both tracks excel in terms of action sound effects. Monster clashes and mayhem are met with deep bass, a wide stage, and plenty of activity scattered all over the listening area. Music, too, is well defined and huge, with a healthy surround support structure.

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

This Blu-ray release of Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack contains only the film's Original Trailer (1080i, 0:28).

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack effectively reboots the series to good effect, effectively only acknowledging the original 1954 film and the 1998 American remake/re-imagining. Like its predecessors, it's not particularly deep beyond the surface, but there are some quality little insights into the need to remain vigilant versus the natural human movement towards complacency. The film offers big budget production values (even though a few effects look quite shoddy) and quality monster fights which still look somewhat sluggish but move beyond the rubbery phoniness and almost slow-motion action of the older films. Sony's Blu-ray release of Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack offers rock-solid video and aggressive audio. Unfortunately, supplements are limited to a trailer. Recommended.