Gojira VS Desutoroiâ (1995)

Director:

Takao Okawara

Writer:

Kazuki Omori (writer)

Release Date:

9 December 1995 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Get Ready for a Three-Way Monster Melee!

Plot:

The aftermath of the Oxygen Destroyer brings forth Destoroyah, a beast intent on killing Godzilla, who is on the verge of a nuclear meltdown.

Plot Keywords:

Godzilla | Creature | Reverse Footage | Last Of Series | Sequel

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Takurô Tatsumi	...	Dr. Kensaku Ijuin
Yôko Ishino	...	Yukari Yamane
Yasufumi Hayashi	...	Kenichi Yamane
Megumi Odaka	...	Miki Saegusa
Sayaka Osawa	...	Meru Ozawa
Saburo Shinoda	...	Professor Fukazawa
Akira Nakao	...	Commander Takaki Aso
Masahiro Takashima	...	Major Sho Kuroki
Momoko Kôchi	...	Emiko Yamane
Shigeru Kôyama	...	Army General
Ronald Hoerr	...	Professor Marvin
Kôichi Ueda	...	Night Watchman at Aquarium
Takehiro Murata	...	Yukari's Editor
Shelley Sweeney	...	G-Force Technician
Akihiko Hirata	...	Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (archive footage)

Also Known As:

Godzilla vs. Destroyer

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:PG | Germany:12 | USA:Unrated

Company:

Toho Company

Trivia:

This was the last Godzilla film on which producer Tomoyuki Tanaka worked. He was the only person to produce all of the previous Godzilla films.

Quotes:

Miki Saegusa: I think this is going to be Godzilla's last fight.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Angry Video Game Nerd: Godzilla (#4.15)" (2009)

That's one hell of a heartburn!

Godzilla's back, and boy does he look bad!

I think Kenpachiro Satsuma really goes the distance to make Gojira as realistsic as possible in this movie. Unlike SUPESUGOJIRA, his atomic ray is now red constantly throughout the movie.

Destoroyah is cool too. Unlike SpaceGodzilla, Destoroyah is one mean mammajamma 100% of the time, especially when he drops Junior. I prefer his final form over the others.

Junior is cool, too. Unlike his peaceful selves in MEKAGOJIRA and SUPESUGOJIRA, Junior is one bad-@$$ little dude. His atomic ray's good too.

The special effects are outstanding, especially Godzilla being frozen, the explosion prediction and of course, his final death sequence.

Once again, I don't think the human cast was up to scratch. It was a delight to see the return of Emiko Yaname, but apart from that, there was nothing special. Once again, I wound up disliking Miki Saegusa. This time she uses her pyschic powers to lure Junior to battle Destoroyah, and later when the final form drops the poor little bugger to his death, Miki cries for it. IT'S HER OWN STUPID FAULT!