run . do not walk away from this movie . aim at the very young kid and this movie will bore you to tear . if the gamera trilogy of the 90 raise the bar and this film just lower it . it slow pace and the monster fighting be good and but seldom see . this movie have me dry heave in the cat box . just a very poor offering after a phenomenal 90 series . spoiler beyond this point . here be the top 10 reason gamera fan of the 90 series will hate this film . 10. this movie be a drama that follow a kid try to cope with the death of his mother and fear lose baby gamera to a fight after know his father saw the adult gamera die . 9. you see the adult gamera for maybe a minute at the beginning of the film . he get his butt kick by a few gyaos and self destructs . he look old and lethargic . plus he look nothing like any gamera you have ever see . his suit look cheap and rush . 8. the young gamera you see through the rest of the film look like a pokemon . big eyed and cute . it will remind you of the baby godzilla from godzilla v mechagodzilla 2. gamera be now too cute . 7. this movie have the pace of watch a nascar race during a 3 hour rain delay . i watch this movie with 2 other gamera fan and nobody be happy with how slowly this film move along . i have see an suv full of fat people go up a mountain road move faster . 6. like godzilla representfinal war and this movie have very little kaiju time on screen . final war have much more and actually and and good fight although short . 5. kid take the title role . the friend of all child theme and poor writing kill the original gamera series in the 1970 and history repeat itself in the 2000 . the most successful gamera film abandon the sesame street feel and go to a darker place . why go back to a failed formula . this be to be a new trilogy and poor ticket sale kill any hope for this story to continue ( thank god ) . 4. gamera lose his iconic roar . he now sound like an elephant with strep throat . 3. this movie may produce a new olympic event . imagine a relay race that involve send very young child into harm way . you have to see the end to understand this point . where be the parent . oh yea . right there send their kid into a kaiju battle zone . 2. the special effect be good and but sub par for a gamera movie . legion and iris have good effect . the best effect be show the apple size baby gamera fly . not too impressive . 1. this movie be just not what adult kaiju fan come to expect . the director be involve in power ranger and it show . it come off like a cross between et and always represent sunset on third street and tmnt . kudos if you know all 3 reference . rental at best or watch once if you buy it to complete the dvd series .