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| Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris [1999] | ![Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris [1999]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Y2WATCQ9L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Actors: Shinobu Nakayama, Ai Maeda, Yukijiro Hotaru, Ayako Fujitani, Senri Yamasaki
Studio: Adv Films
Category: DVD
List Price: £20.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 24710
Format: Colour, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Pal
Languages: English (Subtitled), Japanese (Original Language), English (Dubbed)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 110 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 702727038921
EAN: 0702727038921
ASIN: B00008G8Q8
Release Date: April 19, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
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Turtle Meat No More! August 7, 2007
Shusuke Kaneko achieved the impossible here, he improved on the stunning Gamera 2: Attack of Legion, which itself was a notch up over Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. From the start the tone is different, it's still a monster movie, but not since the original Godzilla has the destruction of people and cities seemed so personal, they are not filmed for spectacle alone although they look stunning, they carry resonance, the effects shock and carry the story along allowing us sympathy not only with the human protagonists but also with Gamera himself ( would have liked to have seen more of the underwater grave of past Gamera's ), it seems absurd to say so of a man in a rubber suit, but the story and Kaneko's attention to the situations makes Gamera as fully fleshed out a character as a giant fire breathing turtle can be, the environmental message is there but never pushed nor does the film become preachy, never ignoring the fact that as a monster movie it must still deliver the goods, the ending ( which annoyed some hardcore Gamera fans ) is, i think perfect for the tone that the film has set from the offset and completely restores the series to at least on par with Toho's Big G if not,in it's more emotional moments, surpassing that series and should be viewed by anyone wanting to see how to use huge visual effects as a storytelling method.
Gamera 3 - Hollywood 0 May 14, 2004
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The third in Suzuke Kaneko?s 90s Gamera updates, Gamera 3 is a dark but often visually beautiful film that skilfully blends character and plot with drama and destruction.pThe film picks up on threads laid done in the two previous movies, with the bat-like Gyaos returning to threaten mankind once again. Thrown into the mix is a new monster, the Iris, who draws its power from a young schoolgirl, Ayana, who blames Gamera for the death of her parents.pWith this basic premise, Kaneko weaves a mature movie steeped in Asian mythology but with Hollywood production values. Visually, this is a stunning movie ? imagine Industrial Light and Magic handled the visual effects and you?ll get an idea as to the quality on show. In one shocking sequence, one of Gamera?s fireballs sweeps down the street tossing bystander?s into the air. The mid-air battle between Gamera and Iris is a tour-de-force of design and imagination, while the final stand-off inside Kyoto Railway Station delivers an emotional punch.pKaneko also manages to achieve what Hollywood often fails at ? balancing the need for spectacle with characters and a story line that drives the movie along rather than filling time in-between set pieces (also a big fault of Toho?s Godzilla series). Unusually too - especially for a Japanese film - is the largely female cast and their (positive) impact on events in the story. These are no screaming damsels waiting to be rescued, the women in Gamera 3 are the sassy ones while the guys run around in circles.pThe Japanese title of the film is Gamera 3: The Incomplete Struggle, which will make sense after? well, that would be spoiling the fun.pTo call Gamera 3 one of the best Japanese fantasy films of all time is to perhaps damn it with faint praise in genre with a largely poor reuputaion. Gamera 3 is one of the best Japanese movies of any genre and in terms of global cinema, one of the best fantasy films of all time.pIf you come into this film expecting a Bruckhiemer-style popcorn thriller, look elsewhere. But if you want a film that makes you think, makes you care about the characters, makes you marvel at the detail and care of every shot, and also makes giant monsters something scary and believable, Gamera 3 is welcome sight.
ONE OF THE GREATEST MONSTER MOVIES I'VE EVER SEEN! April 26, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This should rank alongside the original KING KONG (1933) and the original GODZILLA (1954) as one of the best monster movies ever made. It also puts the godawful American GODZILLA (1998) remake to shame!br /GAMERA 3: THE REVENGE OF IRIS is the third in the trilogy of updated films featuring Japan's favourite giant turtle. The film focus on a sullen teenage girl, who lost her parents when Gamera fought Gyoas, and discovers a blood-sucking creature, which she names Iris after her dead pet cat. She plans to use Iris for revenge against Gamera. But Iris is not what itseems....br /The storyline is very compelling and the human characters are well developed. The special effects are some of the best, EVER, to come out from Japan. Gamera, Iris and Gyoas hardly look like men-in-monster suits at all! br /Like the wonderful THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) did for THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy (2001-2003), GAMERA 3: THE REVENGE OF IRIS ends the HEISEI GAMERA trilogy (1995-1999) with a bang and not a whimper like the painfully disappointing THE MATRIX REVOULTIONS did for THE MATRIX trilogy(1999-2003).br /I strongly recommend this dark and powerful masterpiece to any fan of science-fiction or fantasy. Trust me, it's REALLY good.
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