Godzilla 2000

2000 Sci Fi

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. more..

Director: Takao Okawara

Starring: Takehiro Murata, Naomi Nishida, Hiroshi Abe, Mayu Suzuki, Shiro Sano

 10 Reviews  1 Awards

Reviews

  • Lands on an imaginative fault line somewhere between tackiness and awe.

    Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly

    19 January 2013

  • A ton of fun, and then some.

    Jay Carr - The Boston Globe

    19 January 2013

  • This is camp, pure and simple, and unless the translators have taken far greater liberties than is apparent, the filmmakers know it.

    Mark Caro - The Chicago Tribune

    19 January 2013

  • A strange mix of the campy, at least in the English dubbing, and the awesome.

    Bob Graham - The San Francisco Chronicle

    19 January 2013

  • May be dull, but the familiarity of it all makes it feel ceremonial, a reassuring ritual.

    Susan Wloszczyna - USA Today

    19 January 2013

Awards

  • Best Home Video Release

    Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (2001)

     

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