Embassy Pictures/TransWorld Releasing
Directed by Terry Morse and Ishiro Honda
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Criterion Collection)
American reporter Raymond Burr is found in the rubble of Tokyo, apparently after an atomic attack. Through flashbacks we learn it was from a giant monster who comes from the sea to destroy the city! He travels to a remote island where the superstitious locals worship a sea creature they call Godzilla. He writes it off, until he sees giant footprints on the beach and eventually Godzilla himself peering over a hilltop. Back in Tokyo, the military unsuccessfully tries to stop him with firepower. It is up to a rogue scientist experimenting in a basement to come up with a way to turn Godzilla instantly to a skeleton, but not before most of Tokyo is destroyed. Americanization of the superior Japanese film is still a lot of fun, with Burr uncomfortably acting with characters he can't even see!
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