Godzilla dies
A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.
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Classical in form, epic, plot-driven and grave.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Sep 20208/10
I've a feeling this is going to be Godzilla's last fight. Godzilla is on the verge of nuclear meltdown, which spells doom for mankind. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, which was the weapon that killed the original Godzilla. From such things the mighty Destoroyah is born - the toughest enemy Godzilla has ever faced... It's not only the last of the "Heisei" era of Godzilla, it's also one of the best in the whole franchise. It was meant to be the swansong for the big atomic lizard, which would have been fitting as it happens, but when Centropolis took up the rights and produced the must chastised 1998 blockbusting Matthew Broderick pic, things changed... G-Force is on the case here trying to find out what the hell is going on (armed with the new awesome Super-X III), which brings in the human facor coupled with some wonderful sci-fi babble. Godzuki is in here, but he's not the cute goggle eyed cuddly thing we have seen before, he looks like the big parent only in smaller form - and here having junior in the piece works. The effects work isn't the best of the series, and some of D
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Cast
- Takuro TatsumiDr. Kensaku Ijuin
- Yoko IshinoYukari Yamane
- Yasufumi HayashiKenichi Yamane
- Megumi OdakaMiki Saegusa
- Sayaka OsawaMeru Ozawa
- Saburo ShinodaProfessor Fukazawa
- Akira NakaoCommander Takaki Aso
- Ryo HariyaDestoroyah
- Kenpachirō SatsumaGodzilla
- Akihiko HirataDr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)
Crew
- Takao OkawaraDirector
- Kazuki ŌmoriScreenplay
- Yoshinori SekiguchiDirector of Photography
- Masahiro KishimotoDirector of Photography
- Akira IfukubeOriginal Music Composer
- Chizuko OsadaEditor
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