Product Details

• Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Lily Franky
• Directors: Minoru Kawasaki
• Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Tokyo Shock
• DVD Release Date: June 30, 2009
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0021BSOFY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,612 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Monster X Strikes Back" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

MONSTER X STRIKES BACK - DVD Movie

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No Classic, but Amusing Enough, July 12, 2009

By 

Robert H. Knox (Brentwood, NH United States) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Monster X Strikes Back (DVD)

I like this one better than most online reviewers do. Mind you: on fire it's not going to set the world, and the humor is sophomoric, at best. But MONSTER X STRIKES BACK is amusing in its goofy fashion, and what else would you expect from the director of THE CALAMARI WRESTLER?

I, too, would like to have seen more monster action with Guilala, who was last seen in 1967's THE X FROM OUTER SPACE. (LONG overdue for a USA DVD release, though I have the Japanese DVD, which is fine) The costume and FX are so similar to the '67 film that you have to believe it was by design. Guilala's foe, Take-Majin, parodies both Dai Majin and Ultraman-type characters, and is voiced by "Beat" Takashi Kitano (ZATOICHI). Though the jokes are sometimes amusing, better actors and writing would have been helpful...again, the lousy acting may have been on purpose.

Old-time kaiju fans will note the presence of Yosuke Natsuki (DOGORA) and Susumu Kurobe (ULTRAMAN) as military officials. And, yes, that is Toshiya Wazaki as Dr. Sano. Wazaki portrayed CAPTAIN Sano, Commander of AAB-Gamma, in THE X FROM OUTER SPACE.

Not a total fiasco, but a coulda-woulda-shoulda sort of movie. Fans of classic kaiju eiga should find it reasonably diverting. As always for Tokyo Shock, video quality is fine...TS has released many worthwhile discs of these Japanese titles, and I hope they release more.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Makes Godzilla's Revenge look like fine Cinema, July 10, 2009

By 

D. Jahn "Knyteryder" (St.Paul Minnesota,USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Monster X Strikes Back (DVD)

If you love giant monster movies this is probably not for you.
The acting is so bad it's painful to watch, I'm suprised the actors
could keep a straight face during the goings on.
When I saw this I was hoping for a remake along the lines of what
was done with the Gamera franchise but no such luck.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars warning sense of humor required., September 13, 2009

By 

Tim J. Bean "pigmon" (weston, oh) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Monster X Strikes Back (DVD)

I have heard several fans of Japanese giant monster movies panning this movie. I've heard that it is stupid or silly. The fact is that the movie is all that. It is a fine parody of all the goofier parts of paticularly 60's and 70's kaiju films. Serious fans who take these movies a little too seriously don't want to admit that some of the jokes are dead on. There are plenty of silly moments from all of kaiju history to pull from. Then there is the very un-pc political and ethnic humor to add into the mix. Yes, most of the jokes are easy and not very deep, but if you are willing to pur your pretense on hold you just might get a few laughs out of this movie.