Welcome to the final film of the second series, Godzilla vs DESTOROYAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The film opens up with Godzilla attacking Hong Kong, and we get the coolest title sequence ever. Anyway, he seems to be burning up. He’s glowing red, and his body is smoking. What’s wrong with him? Well, since he was created by radioactivity, his heart was turned into a sort of nuclear reactor, and now it’s on the verge of a meltdown that will destroy the world. This was originally intended to be the last Godzilla film ever made, so they decided to finally kill him for the first time since 1954. It was such a big deal, there was a news report on CNN about it. I found this on youtube.
Oh, those poor, unsuspecting people. If only they knew how horribly TriStar was going to screw it up. But that’s a story for another time. One thing I found interesting is that there was even a news report to begin with. The news of Godzilla’s death was a big deal, but the Heisei series was not being released in America in any way since Godzilla vs Biollante. So what do we care? We didn’t know they were still being made.
This film makes a lot of references to the original Gojira, like one of the characters being related to professor Yamane, the same woman who played Emiko returns to make a small cameo, and Godzilla’s new enemy is directly related to the weapon that killed the first Godzilla, the Oxygen Destroyer. The device mutated little micro organisms into a whole troop of 10 ft tall, satanic, insectoid death incarnates of doom who can shoot an oxygen destroying ray out of their mouths. The scene where they kill all the military guys in the factory doesn’t feel like a Godzilla movie. It feels like a horror movie with terrifying monsters. The first time I saw it, I almost forgot I what I was watching.
The military tries using freezing lasers and missiles to stop the mutants, but they combine into one huge kaiju known as DESTOROYAH!!!!! The characters in the movie call him Destroyer, but they don’t know what they’re talking about. Besides, Destroyer is such a generic name. DESTOROYAH is much more awesome, and it’s how people need to say it. Yes, I will type his name in all caps every time.
We also see Godzilla’s kid, now called Godzilla Jr., and finally, he resembles his own father! He looks great! He actually wins the first fight against DESTOROYAH. His dad shows up, and then the final form of DESTOROYAH appears! I cannot describe him! Just look!
Astonishing!
DESTOROYAH nearly kills Jr. and gives Godzilla all sorts of hell. It looks like that’s where the thing is from! Hell! I wouldn’t be surprised. Godzilla eventually overpowers him, but it’s the new Super-X 3 that kills him. After all that is over, Godzilla starts to melt down. The army uses its freeze cannons so the explosion doesn’t kill everyone. It’s actually really sad to see Godzilla die. His flesh melts right off his bones! I honestly felt sad! After 7 movies, he’s finally dead. The music playing during his death really gets the emotions going.
But the final shot is the silhouette of Godzilla Jr., who absorbed all of his father’s energy to become the next King of the Monsters. I guess they were hinting at another series following the kid, but it never happened.
Honestly, if the franchise ended there, I wouldn’t be too disappointed. This is probably the best out of the Heisei series. It takes itself more seriously, and doesn’t get too crazy with the sci fi.
The dubbing is finally decent, and the special effects are great once again. I barely saw the strings at all. I can think of maybe 3 shots, but it’s not as noticeable. The explosions are fantastic, and the miniatures are good. I’m most amazed by the DESTOROYAH suit. That thing is huge, and whoever designed it deserves a cookie for amazingness. The soundtrack might not be as good as Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla 2’s soundtrack, but it is good, and effective. One of the best parts of this movie is the title sequence. It is the coolest title sequence EVER. I might be over exaggerating, but it is awesome.
I recommend this film. But it’s not the last one. There are 6 more Toho movies to go through… but the next one I’m reviewing was made by TriStar. Yeah, I’m going there. Ugh.
FINAL RATING: 39 / 50
STORY: 4 / 5
ACTING: 3 / 5
CHARACTERS: 3 / 5
SPECIAL EFFECTS: 4 / 5
ACTION: 4 / 5
SOUNDTRACK: 4 / 5
TONE: 4 / 5
ENJOYABILITY: 4 / 5
REWATCH VALUE: 4 / 5
OWNING VALUE: 5 / 5
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