[The News Bot]

Reviewed by Mark Botwright, 1st November 2009
Gojira arrives on Blu-ray as something of a disappointment. Without the two versions of the film that were initially touted to be here, we must look on the bright side that at least the most important iteration – the Japanese original – is all present and correct. What cannot be sugar coated however is the poor audio and visual quality that still plagues this monster classic.

The extras go some way to making this a potential budget disc to be picked up, but ultimately even they don’t wholly waylay the feeling that this may have been a missed opportunity for some seriously major restoration work to be done. In the end, this is a perfect example of a release being as good as the expectations of those who view it. If you can pick apart the differences of the various standard definition DVDs without breaking a sweat then you may see more in this than others. For most, this will likely be seen as a flawed disc that simply doesn’t go far enough to warrant the extra expense.
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