Netflix releases new movies every month, some of which were recently released in theaters. This Oscar-winning hit is one of them and you should definitely check it out!
“Godzilla Minus One” is one of the best parts of the Kaijū action films. (Source: tmdb.org)
Action fans in particular will find just the right selection of entertainment on Netflix. The streaming service offers numerous films and series such as “FUBAR” with “Terminator” star Arnold Schwarzenegger, which impress with lots of excitement and often explosive stunts.
You can also watch well-known monster films such as the US “MonsterVerse” film “Godzilla” from 2014 with Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”) on the streaming giant. But the mega-hit “Godzilla Minus One” has also recently been released and you shouldn’t miss it!
You can watch “Godzilla Minus One” even if you don’t know the previous parts. (Source: tmdb.org)
The Oscar-winning Kaijū action film from Japan is set shortly after World War II and shows Godzilla suddenly appearing on the coast of Tokyo. Soldier Koichi is one of the first to encounter the gigantic monster. He wants to confront the sinister dinosaur in order to clear his conscience after the kamikaze pilot escaped his true fate.
Takashi Yamazaki directed and wrote the screenplay for “Godzilla Minus One,” which he spent three years writing. Yamazaki also worked on the visual effects as a special effects artist and was awarded the “Best Visual Effects” award at the 2024 Academy Awards.
In an interview with the social film platform Letterboxd, Yamazaki described the style of filmmaking at the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2023 as follows:
The process of making a kaiju film is like a kagura, a dance to please and appease the gods, where you put those problems into the form of a kaiju to help process some of those worries, almost like a ceremony.
Director Takashi Yamazaki in an interview with Letterboxd at the Tokyo International Film Festival
If this poetic description still hasn’t convinced you of the Japanese masterpiece: On the review platform Rotten Tomatoes, “Godzilla Minus One” received a full 98% of critics’ reviews and 98% of audience votes, which is almost a perfect score!
In the current Netflix Top 10, the new monster film entered this week at number 7. We recommend watching “Godzilla Minus One” on Netflix if you don’t just want action with impressive effects, but also an exciting story! You don’t need any prior knowledge of the previous “Godzilla” films.
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