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Gamera 3 - Revenge of Iris Director: Shusuke Kaneko Number of Items: 1 Format: Color Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Running Time: 110 minutes Studio: A.D. Vision Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2003-06-10 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 30 Average rating: 4.5 "The Gamera Heisei Series Ends With A Blockbuster!" I've always been a bog fan of monster movies. So naturally I would love this movie. But to let you all no up front, the Showa series of Gamera films were decent but were more aimed at kids so they were a little goofy for me. But the Heisei series and especially Gamera 3 are much more adult oriented with great plots, special effects, and acting! Gamera 3 is my favorite out of the ENTIRE Gamera series! I highly recommend it for anyone who is a fan of monster movies! "This is not Your Children's Gamera" This is a meaner, nastier and darker Gamera. His appearance has changed some from the first two movies in the trilogy, with a smaller, meaner looking head. His fire breath is much better then the previous movies. There's no question his attitude has changed. The story was reasonable, and the SFX were very good for a rubber suite movie-definitely better than Godzilla 2000. The fight with Gyaos in Shibuya (scene 7) is probably my favorite Kaiju battle of all time, and well worth the price of admission. I thought the final battle was somewhat anticlimactic though. Despite that minor gripe, this is the best of the three 90's gamera film. As for the disc itself, the picture was good, as was the sound, but the extras seriously lacked anything of interest. "Rollercoaster!" I enjoy monster movies, especially Godzilla and Gamera. I thought that this third installment of Gamera is a huge improvement. The special effects during the fight scenes, and their view from a person's prospective, are excellent for a japanese monster movie and better than Godzilla 2000, however still not quite up to the American standards. My major complaint is regarding the acting and overall plot which it just does not seem to change much from movie to movie and they are mediocre at best. Also the dubbing to english is not that great either. The dvd picture quality is very good and the sound is good as well. Overall: FAIR. "Destroy Your Preconceptions!" Old Gamera movies = MST3K funfests, Gamera 1 = Decent attempt at reviving a classic, Gamera II = better effects and storyline but still a wee bit campy. Gamera III = Unbelievable VisualFX, compelling plot, dynamic (and occasionaly freaky) characters. Gamera III - Advent of Legion is one of my favorite movies of all time, much less one of my fav creature-features/action flicks. Destroy any preconcieved notions you may have about "Campy, bad dubbed (with any Japanese film: ALWAYS WATCH IT IN ORIGONAL JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES! >.< ), rubber monster suit, Japanese monster movies", and give this one a shot! PS: If you like this movie, I highly reccomend a few other excellent critter-flicks: The Relic, The Howling (the first one), Aliens (Directors Cut DVD), Godzilla Vs. Destroyer (only if you can get it subtitled though, the dubbing reeks!) and Reign of Fire. ^_^ Ja matta! ~DJ Neo - DJ Neo Pro-Sound & Lighting "Gamera 3: Gammy's Best!" Gamera 3 is the best monster film ever to come out of the islands we call Japan. EVERYTHING about this movie is better then anything from America, yes, even the special effects! Everyone who is not a snob ows it to himself to see this movie. It rings in a new ere of Monster films for American fans, sets new standards, and trashes the idea that all of Japan's monster movies are bad. There, is this review short enough?