Rating: NR
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Release Date: 07/22/2003
Flags: Mild Violence
Distributor/Studio: Alpha Video

Gamera the fire-belching turtle has replaced his human-hating ways with a friendly attitude towards children and once more saves the world in this film from director Noriyaki Yuasa. The villains are invading extraterrestrials whose spaceships can "morph" into giant squids. Gamera proceeds to wreck Tokyo with typical monster destructive behavior, returning to the sea after the spell is broken. Destroy All Planets has also been known under the titles Gamera tai Uchu Kaiju Bairasu and Gamera Vs. Outer-Space Monster Virus.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

For those who can never get enough Technicolor Japanese man-in-a-monster-suit movies, there is Destroy All Planets. While offering up everything one expects from a massive zero-budget monster battle film, Destroy All Planets also delivers unintentionally brilliant quirky moments like the hypnotized army, Japanese men with glowing eyeballs, and a fiendishly fake-looking squid alien who wishes to attack Earth for its supply of nitrogen. Obviously made for children, this 1969 classic centers on star monster Gamera's love for small children. This love is so important that Destroy All Planets spends 20 minutes showing clips from past Gamera films where he defends his little buddies. Director Noriyaki Yuasa and his special-effects crew seem to share this love, as the special effects appear to be made with models resembling items from a child's toy box. For those out there ready to watch a chubby Japanese boy in short shorts ride into space on the back of a flying lizard creature, Destroy All Planets is the film for you.

~ Jason Gibner, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Carl Crane|Junko Yashiro|Kojiro Hongo|Mari Atsumi|Michiko Yaegaki|Peter Williams|Toru Takatsuka