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Godzilla
1998
Nuclear testing once again awakens a green behemoth. However, this large iguana-like creature seems to be unrelated to its Japanese counterpart. The lizard proceeds to demolish large portions of New York as the US military attempts to destroy it. Matthew Broderick and Jean Reno star. Read more
| Starring | Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pittillo, Hank Azaria |
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| Director | Roland Emmerich |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Godzilla
Nuclear testing once again awakens a green behemoth. However, this large iguana-like creature seems to be unrelated to its Japanese counterpart. The lizard proceeds to demolish large portions of New York as the US military attempts to destroy it. Matthew Broderick and Jean Reno star.
| Starring | Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pittillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Michael Lerner, Harry Shearer, Doug Savant |
|---|---|
| Director | Roland Emmerich |
| Studio | UCA |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 13 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 13 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | German |
| Subtitles | Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 12 Aug 2004 Blu-ray: 02 Nov 2009 Production year: 1998 |
| Format | DVD |
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In this dreary American overhaul from Independence Day director Roland Emmerich, Japan's favourite giant lizard crawls out of radioactive waters in the South Pacific and heads for New York. Resembling an over-produced version of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Emmerich's blockbuster behemoth replaces man-in-suit special effects with dodgy computer digitals and sub-Jurassic Park thrills. What it doesn't replicate is the endearing charm the celebrated fire-breather had when he stomped through cardboard skyscrapers. The old Toho Studios' fantasy adventures may have lower budgets, but even the cheapest shows more imagination and flair than this dismal monster mishmash.
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8 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Great film
From the director of Independence Day, there are some similarities in this film.
There is the new threat to the earth that is very hard to defeat, the slightly meek and loveable main character coupled with the more aggressive and funny other main character, with the government doing one thing while a small group of others take care of another, when put together the mission succeeds.
You will notice these similarities while watching this, however it's still a great movie. The graphics are very good and it's very entertaining. The movie makes you like both the main characters and Godzilla, and somehow makes you want both to win. It's almost like they're on the same team.
This is a great movie, and I think its well worth a rent. It would be particularly good as a family type movie as the violence isn't very gory and I don't think it contains any swear words.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Monster movie or Godzilla movie?
If you can forget that the title is 'Godzilla' then this is an above average creature feature that is entertaining for a couple of hours. If you are a Godzilla fan this movie will irritate you, as the star is an overgrown iguana that runs in fright from the military, rather than the nuclear monster from Japan who is prepared to slog it out with the army and trash cities in the process.
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