Godzilla's Revenge Movie Review
In an attempt to escape the realities of his life, youngster Ichiro Miki (Tomonori Yazaki) dreams of being on Monster Island, where he befriends Godzilla and his son, Minilla.
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The year was 1969, and Godzilla, by now a full-blown good guy, was seeing declines in the box office revenues, so when the time came for the Toho team to make another movie featuring the once-fearsome monster, they decided two things: they were bringing back the son, who first appeared in 1967's Son of Godzilla, to appeal even more to children, and instead of shooting an entirely new film, they were going to save money by using a lot of footage from previous Godzilla movies. The result was a movie titled All Monsters Attack, which received an Americanization in 1971 and released as Godzilla's Revenge, the version I am reviewing here. So the two things I mentioned earlier are what are worth noting here--the overhaul to appeal to children absolutely kills this movie, and the stock footage of Godzilla battling other monsters is the only saving grace. The story involving Ichiro is mind numbing, and the action is just as bad. The directing is awful, and everything not involving Godzilla is just painful to watch. The worst part may be the dubbing--Minilla, for whatever reason, sounds like a goofy hillbilly when he talks, and just as puzzling, when he gets ready to fight or gets excited, he makes donkey sounds--I couldn't make this up. To top it all off, none of the stuff we see happening on Monster Island is actually happening--the entire thing is in Ichiro's mind. Though I haven't seen every single Godzilla film ever made (there are some from the 80s and 90s that have escaped me), I can assume I'm not going out on a limb when I call Godzilla's Revenge the worst of the bunch. Should you dare to watch this movie--which I highly advise against--skip through everything that doesn't have Godzilla himself on the screen...for that matter, also skip through any scene Godzilla shares with his son.
On A Scale Of One To Ten: 3
Godzilla's Revenge Movie Trailer
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