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The Return of Godzilla
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
Year: 1984
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Horror
Studio: Toho Pictures
Director: Koji Hashimoto
Cast: Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Shin Takuma, Yōsuke Natsuki, Eitarō Ozawa
Crew: Kazutami Hara (Director of Photography), Akira Sakuragi (Production Design), Toshimitsu Oneda (VFX Director of Photography), Reijirō Koroku (Original Music Composer), Tomoyuki Tanaka (Story), Yoshitami Kuroiwa (Editor)
Runtime: 103 minutes
Release: Dec 15, 1984
IMDb: 7.20/10 by 310 users
Popularity: 4
Country: Japan
Language: English, 日本語, Pусский
Budget: 6,000,000
Revenue: 11,000,000
Keyword : brother, cold war, soviet union, giant monster, cover-up, reporter, pop music, parasite, creature feature, reboot, kaiju, political unrest, lice, godzilla, tokusatsu
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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. 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 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 a Godzilla fan you could be forgiven for going into this one fearing the worst, and yet it ticks many of the boxes for those who prefer Zilla as the destroyer of mankind as opposed to the saviour of mankind that the Showa period ended up as. There's the standard amount of miniatures and sets destruction, splendidly constructed as usual, nifty effects work and a whole bunch of iconic images to take from the experience (Zilla atomic breath destruction, stomping through the city, nuclear reinvigoration, 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, while 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