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Everybody's favorite Tokyo-trashing mutant lizard strikes again. This go-around features not only the big guy, but also his Scrappy-Doo-like companion, Godzilla Junior. On the human side, the film fea... read more read more...tures a teenaged wunderkind whose father not only narrowly survived the green monster's first attack in 1954, but who also studied under famed 300-story mutant expert Dr. Yamane (who was played by Takashi Shimura in the original film). While the nuclear reactor in Godzilla's bowels (don't ask) slides perilously towards meltdown, giving him an unhealthy glow, a nefarious creature from the deep called the Oxygen Destroyer suddenly awakens from a 2.5 billion-year slumber. Soon the two are grappling in Tokyo Bay, taking out much of Yokohama's gleaming new seaside development in the process. Meanwhile, Japanese Self Defense Force unveils the ultra-high-tech Super X III, a massive flying tank-like affair featuring a top-secret freeze-ray designed to rub out city-stomping mutants. Facing competition from Hollywood, Toho Studios announced that this film would be the last installment of the series. That is until Roland Emmerich's awful Godzilla reached Japanese shores. The outrage of this inferior American import proved to be so great that Toho quickly resuscitated the series with Godzilla 2000. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Takao Okawara

Release Date: January 19, 1999

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DVD Release Date: February 1, 2000

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  • kiriyamakazou
    April 29, 2011
    kiriyamakazou
    22nd installment and still kicking. This is the climax to the Heisei series. It's quite a beautiful climax, and rather poetic in its relation to the rest of the series. It's the first film with strong connections to the original. It brings back talk of the Oxygen Destroyah, which... read more inadvertently created a new breed of monster. Meanwhile, Godzilla goes on a dramatic journey of character for such a big monster. First of all, he is getting close to meltdown, having absorbed too much nuclear radiation, he may be about to explode. This leaves him with a rather interesting glowing look, Also, he may be about to become a responsible father, as he tracks down his presumably dead son. Toho put a lot of faith into a big rubbery character, but he pulls it off. This is the most emotional since the original, and it still has time for awesome action sequences. Part of me wishes I had watched these years ago, as the city destruction scenes must have seemed even more impressive. Still, it's engaging stuff, and the perfect end to this series.
  • husky10000years
    December 27, 2007
    husky10000years
    This is a very sad film depicting Godzilla's true final fight and excrutiating death. The special effects are outstanding make this a satisfying send-off and fitting end for the King.
  • threefolddado
    March 4, 2008
    threefolddado
    Rockin!
  • cacutshaw
    April 18, 2007
    cacutshaw
    Awesome! Godzilla is having a nuclear meltdown and has to take on a monster created from the oxygen machine from the first one. Great stuff!
  • bobgray2000
    March 30, 2010
    bobgray2000
    Could have been a lot better. The climax needed a lot more "UMPH" to it. Once again, there are many great evocative moments though (like Godzilla's spines melting and the music blaring in the background).
  • phantopp
    July 28, 2008
    phantopp
    A movie legend is dying. "Gojira", which is known to American audiences as "Godzilla", is slowly dying due to a nuclear overdose in a previous film. But that's not Japan's only problem. Creatures created by a weapon designed to kill "The King of Monsters" has begun terrorizing Ja... read morepan.

    At first, these creatures are small enough to deoxygenize the water at the local aquarium, but they rapidly grow to enormous size. These creatures look like a mix between crustaceans and praying mantis.

    And to complicate things further, "Godzilla, Jr." has mutated into an adult thanks to the same explosion which is killing the elder one. The only way to tell the two apart is that "Godzilla, Jr." has smaller spines on its back.

    Now, "G-Force", the military group whose purpose is to protect Japan from the threat of "Godzilla", has multiple monsters to deal with, in addition to the possible atomic fallout caused by "Godzilla's" body, which is rapidly rising in temperature.

    The first thing you will notice is the monster costumes, which have changed in "Godzilla's" case over the decades. These actually work better than CGI creatures we've seen in the States. The only problem Toho, the studio which produces the franchise, still has is that it is still painfully obvious that the buildings and vehicles the monsters destroy during their battles are models. The battles themselves are nicely shot, and have lots of action.

    One small weakness in this movie is that there are numerous references to the first film in the series. Most notably, one of the human characters is the son of the character who created the weapon which inadvertently creates "Destroyah". However, this one glitch can be remedied, since the first movie is out on VHS (I haven't looked for it on DVD).

    When it comes to the acting, I would have to applaud the voice-over actors who did a good job with matching the scenes on the screen. Surprisingly, there isn't a comic relief character in this film like some of the earliest films in the series. I'm personally pleased that there wasn't one since this was a more serious storyline. In my opinion, a comic relief character would have lightened the mood a little too much. It also appears that the English voice-overs are edited very well in the scenes.

    Most of the film features the monsters. In my opinion, there was enough screen time for the human cast. Some people may disagree with me, but I thought the human moments advanced the storyline well when needed.

    The special effects, except for the obvious models during the monster battles, are real good. I personally thought the "hot spots" on "Godzilla's" body were pretty wild visually. Whatever was used to light them up made them look like molten rock. "Destroyah" looked simply evil, thanks to the dark coloring of the "skin" of the costume, and the shadowing used to highlight the head of the creature, which has eyes that light up.

    There is one surprising death in the movie that you won't expect. There is one obvious death, "Godzilla's", which is quite unique visually. I will not mention any more than that about these deaths.

    This is THE must-see movie for "Godzilla"/"Gojira" fans. I also recommend it for anybody who watched those "Creature Feature" TV shows on local TV hosted by a campy looking zombie, vampire/vampiress or other campy monster.
  • hockalocker
    May 5, 2008
    hockalocker
    This is a great Godzilla movie. Everything is good. The action the acting the story. It is an enotional roller coaster with a few surprises for the die hard Godzilla fan.
  • captainmorgan4
    January 28, 2008
    captainmorgan4
    I watched this right after watching the Big G take on Hedora. After that piece of crap, this movie was a breath of fresh air, even with the hilarious sub-plot involving "micro-oxygen". Hysterical!
    It was tough seeing Destroyah kill the Little One. At least we got to see God... read morezilla kill Destroyah before melting down himself.
    I thought Megumi Odaka did a great job when her character was told that they were going to lure the Little One to Tokyo so Godzilla would follow.
    Interesting. The Japanese government lure the Little One to one of the most densely populated cities on the earth, for a showdown between two enormous monsters. Couldn't they have found a place with less people for the battle and Godzilla's meltdown? Oh, well.
  • homelessbumv2
    November 23, 2007
    homelessbumv2
    It can't be help but to watch to see how and when the beloved leviathan will die. Oh, and Destoroyah is one mean son of a bitch.
  • Cvalda
    August 18, 2007
    Cvalda
    It's still all painfully ridiculous and tired, the special effects are still awesomely underwhelming, the human characters have less-than-zero personality, and the battle sequences go on for what seems like hours without any real excitement. Still, this installment does have a te... read moreeny-eeny bit of emotional weight, and the Destroyer monsters in their early scenes (the assualt by a SWAT team scene especially) are actually sort of effective at being menacing.

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Film Threat

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Emanuel Levy
August 21, 2005
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