Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
A meteor-borne insect invasion turns Japan into a battlefield where military firepower and a giant guardian turtle confront an evolving extraterrestrial enemy.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- tense
- awestruck
- kinetic
- kaiju movie night
- science fiction double feature
What critics said
Critics and genre institutions recognized the film as an ambitious and technically impressive daikaiju work, though its major science-fiction award provoked debate about the state of Japanese SF.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Colonel Watarase and the Japanese military attempt to contain the Legion creatures before Gamera intervenes.
The meteor-borne Legion spread through Japan and establish a giant plant-linked reproductive threat.
Gamera and hundreds of insect-like Legion creatures clash amid citywide destruction and military operations.
The film is a 1990s Japanese kaiju production and became the first daikaiju film to win the Nihon SF Taisho Award.
Films like Gamera 2: Attack of Legion, and why
Godzilla vs. Biollante
shared japanese kaiju spectacle, military crisis, alien life-form threat, and earnest science fiction adventure
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
shared giant-monster action, ecological science fiction, escalating destruction, and practical creature effects
Shin Godzilla
shared japanese daikaiju tradition, citywide catastrophe, military response, and awe-driven spectacle
Movie Details
- Director
- Shusuke Kaneko
- Release Date
- 1996-07-12
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (133)
Cast
- Toshiyuki Nagashima
- Miki Mizuno
- Tamotsu Ishibashi
- Mitsuru Fukikoshi
- Ayako Fujitani
- Yukijiro Hotaru
- Zen Kajihara
- Tomorowo Taguchi
- Yuka Sakano
- Takeshi Yoro
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Screambox Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel, ARROW
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Gamera 2: Attack of Legion about?
- A meteor-borne insect invasion turns Japan into a battlefield where military firepower and a giant guardian turtle confront an evolving extraterrestrial enemy.
- What is Gamera 2: Attack of Legion like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Gamera 2: Attack of Legion as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Gamera 2: Attack of Legion violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Gamera 2: Attack of Legion as graphic.
- What did critics think of Gamera 2: Attack of Legion?
- Critics and genre institutions recognized the film as an ambitious and technically impressive daikaiju work, though its major science-fiction award provoked debate about the state of Japanese SF.
- Which films are like Gamera 2: Attack of Legion?
- Films with a similar feel include Godzilla vs. Biollante, Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, and Shin Godzilla.
- How long is Gamera 2: Attack of Legion?
- Gamera 2: Attack of Legion runs 99 minutes.
- Where can I watch Gamera 2: Attack of Legion?
- In United States, Gamera 2: Attack of Legion streams on Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Screambox Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel, ARROW.
In Ember's collections
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- Destroy All Monsters1968
- Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.2003
- Godzilla vs. Megalon1973
- Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe1995
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla1994
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah1971
- Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla2002
- Godzilla 2000: Millennium1999
- Rodan1956
