Godzilla (2000)

2000 • 99 minutes

About this movie

Following Roland Emmerich's controversial Americanization of the Japanese monster icon in Godzilla (1998), the Beast from the East comes roaring back in this sci-fi adventure tale. Yuji Shinoda (Naomi Nishida), a scientist devoted to researching Godzilla, is setting up equipment on a fog-shrouded peninsula with her daughter Io (Mayu Suzuki) and journalist Yuki Ichinose (Takehiro Murata) when everyone's favorite 180-foot-tall lizard appears from the sea and begins laying siege to a nuclear power plant. The military swings into action, but the monster's fiery breath soon uncovers an alien spacecraft; beings from outer space have come to take over the earth, and now Godzilla is our last line of defense against them. Hugely successful in Japan, Gojira Mireniamu (aka Godzilla 2000) was the first Japanese Godzilla movie since Godzilla 1985 to receive a US theatrical release.

Ratings and reviews

When Toho killed Godzilla in 1995 Toho made a really big mistake letting TriStar make a Godzilla movie which got so many people excited but they left the theatre with a bad feast. Only 2 years later came Godzilla 2000 which made everybody love Godzilla again even with some issues it was a great come back of the king of the monsters. It was nice you kicked Zilla for what he had done in final war.

My personal favorite godzilla as it smashed the crap that was released in 1998 and is an amazing godzilla for a few reasons; A new awesome costume, a new awesome enemy, and an awesome and fulfilling end. The only movie, in my opinion, that could match this movie is final wars.

This is one of the best Godzilla movies of all time, that being said I haven't seen the newest one yet. But anyone that says different doesn't know what they are talking about! Only one actor was bad in it the rest where really good.