Godzilla vs. Destroyah
(1995)
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Godzilla vs. Destroyah
(1995)
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Takurô Tatsumi | ... |
Dr. Kensaku Ijuin
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Yôko Ishino | ... |
Yukari Yamane
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Yasufumi Hayashi | ... |
Kenichi Yamane
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Megumi Odaka | ... | |
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Sayaka Osawa | ... |
Meru Ozawa
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Saburô Shinoda | ... |
Professor Fukazawa
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Akira Nakao | ... |
Commander Takaki Aso
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Masahiro Takashima | ... |
Major Sho Kuroki
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Momoko Kôchi | ... | |
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Shigeru Kôyama | ... |
Army General
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Ronald Hoerr | ... |
Professor Marvin
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Kôichi Ueda | ... |
Night Watchman at Aquarium
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Takehiro Murata | ... |
Yukari's Editor
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G-Force Technician
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Akihiko Hirata | ... |
Dr. Daisuke Serizawa
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Something has destroyed Birth Island, home of Godzilla and Little Godzilla and soon, it is discovered that Godzilla has developed a bright flaming glow, indicating that his nuclear energy is growing out of control. Fearing that Godzilla will soon explode, the G-Force tries to freeze him, thus cooling his temperature. But another problem arises as a horde of human sized creatures, formed from a combination of Godzilla cells, and the weapon that destroyed the original one, The Oxygen Destroyer. Now the military must try to stop these creatures and stop Godzilla from going through a nuclear meltdown that could destroy the world. Written by Todd A. Bobenrieth <demonusr@ncentral.com>
When I first saw this movie, I hoped this would have more of a brooding, menacing feel to it than it did. I half expected them to return more to the tone of the 1954 GOJIRA, especially since they made so many other references to the original, like bringing back Momoko Kochi as Emiko.
Instead, G. vs. Desutoroia was shot in the usual nervous style of the Heisei series, which so irritated me at first that I found myself counting seconds, to see if ANY SHOT in the whole movie would make it to ten.
On repeated viewings, though, I felt the movie held together better than most of the others in the 'new' Godzilla series. As usual, the human characters seem simply to be along for the ride (the exception is G. vs. Mechagodzilla (II), where I found myself actually caring what went on between the humans). In this case, it's only natural that the Big G. takes center stage.
The final moments are absolutely amazing. Akira Ifukube's classic "the-army-mobilizes-against-Godzilla" theme is heard for probably the last time: not as the usual march, but in a slow choral arrangement that will tear the heart out of any Godzilla fan...
Godzilla may be back in the form of the new, improved Little Godzilla, but PLEASE someone reassure me that we've finally seen the last of that psychic Miki Saegusa. By the time the Heisei series was over, I knew more about Godzilla's inner life than I did about hers. IMHO the whole Psychic thing added nothing to the continuing story... give her a 900 number and an infomercial and keep her out of Godzilla Millennium!