among kaiju-related websites, j.l. carrozza of toho kingdom "absolutely love[d]" "final wars", saying "[it's] no masterpiece, but it is such insane fun that quite frankly it's hard not to adore it." mike bogue of american kaiju said "the film is flawed, but nonetheless entertaining," saying there are "too many ["matrix"-style] battles" but that the film "makes excellent use of its monsters" and "kitamura keeps things moving at a brisk pace." japan hero criticized the "[lack of] character development" but concluded that "final wars" is "a very entertaining movie," saying that "kitamura did a wonderful job making it an interesting and great looking film worthy of being the final [godzilla] movie."