GODZILLA VS DESTROYAH REVIEW.
This is the 1995 follow up to GODZILLA VS SPACE GODZILLA and sees our titular hero take on a new menace in DESTROYAH aka DESTOROYAH aka DESTROYER, spawned from the oxygen destroyer weapon used to kill the original 1954 Godzilla.
In this episode little Godzilla is missing, presumed dead and big G is on the verge of a nuclear meltdown that would destroy the Earth. The flying Super-X III is used to freeze Godzilla and forstall the meltdown, meanwhile a pre - Cambrian life form has mutated from the original oxygen destroyer weapon, first in the form of crab-like creatures and eventually evolving into a huge creature, larger than big G.
Meanwhile little Godzilla appears, alive and much larger than before and is dubbed Godzilla junior by the JSDF.
I will not give too much of the plot away except to say,the scene is now set with a showdown with Destroyah against Godzilla and junior , with the fate of the Earth in the balance.
The review is from the Reg 3 Universe Hong Kong release, which is in Japanese and Cantonese 2.0 stereo and with Chinese and English subtitles.
It is in a non-anamorphis widescreen print. Colours are vibrant and blacks seemed solid, although as I was watching this on a 15 inch TV it was hard to give an completely accurate picture quality.
The lack of a 5.1 soundtrack was dissapointing although the 2.0 stereo track was solid and hiss free.
The only annoying thing was the subtitles, there is a seperate Chinese sub track, yet the English subs also come with the Chinese subs on top as well. ??????
Some great special FX and a very cool antagonist for our hero to face. It is available at a quite reasonable price and a great addition to any Godzilla fans movie collection.
1995 Toho films. Colour. 103 mins approx.
