ALL SCI-FI

[The Spike]

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It's good to have the moody atomic beast back!

After an extended break, Godzilla as a movie force made its comeback with this, the 16th Godzilla film, and the first of what would be the Heisei series.

It's a reboot that basically follows on from the original Gojira film of 1954.

The plot has Godzilla back as a destroyer of mankind, setting its eyes on stomping Tokyo into oblivion. As Zilla goes about its destructive way, and Tokyo attempts to repel the onslaught, there's a backdrop of a diplomatic crisis reaching the boiling point as the Soviets and the Americans get ready for nuclear war.

Thankfully the Japanese are able to convince the sane politicians that it is in fact Godzilla at the crux of things. Can the world powers join together to defeat the mightiest of lizards?

If you're a Godzilla fan, you could be forgiven for going into this one fearing the worst. And yet it ticks off many of the boxes for those who prefer Zilla as the destroyer of mankind as opposed to the saviour of mankind, the one the Showa period ended up as.

There's the standard amount of miniature and set destruction, splendidly constructed as usual, along wotj nifty effects work and a whole bunch of iconic images to take from the experience — such as Zilla's atomic breath destruction, stomping through the city, nuclear reinvigoration, and back-from-the-dead with awesome carnage following.

There's good sci-fi within as well, such as the Japanese scientists having created a super fortress known as Super X. But sometimes all you need is to hear that brilliant roar, followed by lizard devastation.

This was a return to the dark roots of Godzilla, complete with anti-nuclear sentiments. It didn't reinvent the wheel, but it did restart it successfully. 7/10
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The quality of mercy is not strnen.

[kolchak]

Unusual in that there was no other monster for G to fight

I liked this.

Great move having Raymond Burr reprise his Steve Martin role
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"God is not worried about the 21st Century. He knew it was coming." T.Shawyer

[The Spike]

[Bud Brewster]

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Another fine review, Spike. Thank God you aren't charging me for your services. I could NOT afford you!

Here's a wacky thought. What if they made a Raymond Burr movie (using CGI to resurrect the late actor) . . . and then inserted Gozilla!
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)