Gamera 3: Iris kakusei (1999)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Shusuke Kaneko

Writers:

Kazunori Itô (writer)
Shusuke Kaneko (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

This final installment of the recent Gamera trilogy begins with schoolgirl Ayana discovering a large egg in a cave that...

Plot Keywords:

Gamera | Japan | Japanese | Giant Monster | Revenge

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Shinobu Nakayama	...	Mayumi Nagamine
Ai Maeda	...	Ayana
Yukijirô Hotaru	...	Inspector Osako
Ayako Fujitani	...	Asagi Kusanagi
Senri Yamazaki	...	Mito Asakura
Tooru Teduka	...	Shin'ya Kurata
Yuu Koyama	...	Tatsunari Moribe
Nozomi Andô	...	Miyuki Moribe
Kei Horie	...	Shigeki Hinohara
Norito Yashima	...	Sakurai
Hirotaro Honda	...	Mr. Saito
Aki Maeda	...	Young Ayana
Hiroyuki Watanabe	...	Regimental Commander
Yukie Nakama	...	Female Camper
Kunihiko Mitamura	...	Ayana's Father

Also Known As:

Gamera 1999: The Absolute Guardian of the Universe (UK) (closing credits title)
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (Canada: English title)
Gamera 3: The Awakening of Iris
Gamera: Revenge of Iris (UK) (DVD title)

Runtime:

Canada:108 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | UK:12

Company:

Daiei Studios

Quotes:

Mayumi Nagamine: Every creature, however unappealing, fights to the last to survive. Humanity as well.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from Daikaijû Gamera (1965)

Surprisingly good. (For a monster movie!)

I have been putting off watching because I thought the movie was going to be kinda campy, not worthy of immediate viewing but after reading some rave reviews for this flick I decided to watch it. It was worth it, the movie is very good for a monster movie. There have been the inevitable comparisons to Godzilla, but Gamera stacks up VERY well to the big guy. I've been waiting for the CGI effects to catch up with the ambitious visions of the monster movie makers and it's finally here, although by "normal" Hollywood movie standards the price spent on this movie would not even pay for 1/4 of Tom Cruises salary. I would like to see a big-budget movie made, but then again it might ruin the franchise, maybe the "campiness" and "guy-in-the-rubber-suit" are what defines these flicks. Anyway, Gamera is NO JOKE in this movie. He goes after his enemy, the "Gayous" birds with a single-minded vengeance that is surprising. He hates those things. His powers are so cool also. He has got a fire-breath like Godzilla, except is seems more focused, but his coolest asset is his ability to fly, with 4 jets in his shell sockets. This guy is outrageous, he flies in like a flying saucer, kicked-ass and then jetted out looking like the space-shuttle at full after-burner! You gotta check that scene out! And the night flying scenes with Isis in the cloudy night was amazing! The CGI effects with Gamera at full after-burn is priceless! The story is pretty decent and the special affects are great, albeit a little sparsely used. I kinda like Gamera a little more than Godzilla, he was so tough that in one scene he got impaled by Isis, then to get free he burns his own arm OFF!! This Gamera film is said the be the best of the 3 and that's true, much better special effects. Good film, recommended.