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Movie poster: The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008)
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The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit

2008 · 98 min Comedy Science Fiction Horror
4.9 / 10 · TMDB

When heads of state gather at the G8 summit in Japan, Guilala -- the intergalactic monster that had been banished from the earth in The X from Outer Space -- returns to ravage the Japanese countryside and threaten the world leaders. Military strikes prove futile against the beast, but a reporter learns that one rural community possesses a strange ritual that might influence the creature. Minoru Kawasaki directs this campy satire.

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Original Title ギララの逆襲 洞爺湖サミット危機一発
Year 2008
Country Japan
Genre Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror
Director Minoru Kawasaki
Runtime 98 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.9/10 (16 votes)

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Kawasaki constructs a campy satire that relies on the tropes of kaiju cinema and political farce, using grotesque humor to lampoon diplomatic inertia. The film explores the absurdity of confronting an apocalyptic threat with bureaucracy and committee meetings.

What lingers after the viewing is a joyful sense of chaos, where officials debate monster-quotas and humanity's fate hinges on a forgotten rural ritual. It’s a deliberate, ridiculous spectacle that refuses to take itself seriously. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Minoru Kawasaki

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Watch with a crowd primed for absurd humor and cheap effects. Perfect as a palate-cleanser after weightier cinema.

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