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Gamera 2 - Attack of Legion Director: Shusuke Kaneko Number of Items: 1 Format: Color Running Time: 100 minutes Studio: A.D. Vision Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2003-04-29 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 13 Average rating: 4.5 "Good but NOT the Best Kaiju" It's about time ADV got around to releasing Shusuke Kaneko's trilogy of Gamera films. If you want an above-average giant monster fest, by all means check out Gamera 2. Like all other films in this genre including Godzilla, the insistence on using rubber suits and model miniatures limits the believability and increases the campiness. But if you want to experience the pinnacle of kaiju, you have to wait for Gamera 3, Revenge of Iris. It is, by far, the best giant monster movie made. "Gamera 2- Advent of Legion is a Smash Hit !" Gamera 2, Advent of Legion, the second film in the Gamera series proves that this TURTLE is truly the Guardian of the Universe. An invasion of a space creature comes to with it's intent to annihalate Earth with the Mother Legion and its Legion swarm. This epic film with non stop action and modern visual and special effects is for every Gamera and Godzilla fan to watch! "IT DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THIS!" This IS the all-time best giant monster movie ever made. The script is tight, the direction is keen, the pace is fast, and the special effects are so convincing you WILL believe a giant turtle can fly. This time Gamera battles a horde of alien insects infesting cities and, in one memorable scene, blowing one of those cities up. This is the first ever release of this film in the U.S. (I've seen the Japanese release) and it's about time. The DVD comes with both a Japanese language track and an English dubbed track. I haven't seen the English dubbed, but I always recommend watching it in Japanese with the English subtitles. A lot can get lost in translation. For a good sci-fi romp that everyone in the family can enjoy (although really small children might be frightened by some scenes), it really doesn't get better than this.