Godzilla is an American remake of the original Japanese film of the 1950s. No, no, Godzilla isn’t attacking Tokyo, this time it’s New York, from the streets, to parks, to the ocean and even underground. One of the real big mistakes of the movie, but let’s continue.
The movie has an iguana somewhere on a Pacific Island mutated into the monstrous Godzilla when it is caught in the middle of a nuclear testing sight. Godzilla somehow makes his way to New York. After he makes his presence known to the inhabitants the city is evacuated and the military is rushed into the rescue, and it pits monster vs. man.
The rest of the movie is just about a bunch of people trying to catch Godzilla before he can breed (yeah, he ends up being a hermaphrodite who was born pregnant and wants to unleash his 200 baby, miniature Godzilla’s on the world). First of all, making Godzilla attack New York was a mistake. It would have been nice had it stuck with the old tradition with Tokyo. The movie goes on with the military trying to kill Godzilla who has hidden underground after a series of action sequences. Eventually, a military team makes it underground, discovers Godzilla’s eggs who hatch, and the resulting action scene is a redo of Jurassic Park. Big deal.
Directed by Roland Emmerich, who also directed the alien-invasion movie Independence Day, has Matthew Broderick in the lead role. Broderick, though good in a comedy, messes things a little up in an action flick.
Godzilla fans will probably be disappointed, but kids will most likely like it.
Grade: C
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