Daikaijû no atoshimatsu
2022 [JAPANESE]
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi
Plot summary
A large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief, the giant corpse left behind begins to slowly rot and bloat. If it explodes, the nation will be destroyed.
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It's good but not a great film
Barely watchable kaiju-poo
How do you deal with/dispose of/profit from the tons of rotting flesh that is a dead kaiju? This seems a 'can't-miss' comic premise (at least for Gojira lovers like me) but the film is an unfunny bore. Even by the relatively lax standards of kaiju-eiga, nothing in the story makes sense (notably the ending) and as a parody of the genre, the film goes nowhere. The bulk of the humour (such as it is) comes from a bunch of hammy actors satirising Japanese bureaucrats bickering over who is responsible for dealing with the colossal carrion and from some attempts at over-the-top gross-out comedy involving bursting blisters. Watched on a plane with English subtitles (but I doubt that it would be better on a big screen in Japanese). For a superior treatment of a similar premise, consider reading J. G. Ballard's short story 'The Drowned Giant'.







