good monster movie with a plot

r-c-s

this is a good movie in its genre. it aims at a ticker plot by adding baby godzilla (i like this much better than minilla ), raised in a laboratory after his egg has been stolen from...fire rodan the flying dinosaur, who obviously thought it was his! Then of course you have both Godzilla and fire Rodan both wrestling each other (Rodan dies a dozen times ) and levelling Tokyo. Interesting, the Mechagodzilla angle is shown in the making, with a later twist when it combines with another flying vehicle... The acting is fair in its genre and the baby godzilla subplot is nice leaving a big "?" about what turned Godzilla into a blood thirsty villain, while the baby lizard is very friendly and innocuous. In the end the Mecha almost rips G's a$$ to shreds, only for Rodan to give his life for him (?), thus healing him at light speed, adding more power to his breath fire. A good movie you'd watch twice.

score 8/10

r-c-s 14 November 2005

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