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Summary

Monster movie starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson. When two giant monsters begin tearing their way from Japan to America, humanity struggles to find a way to stop them. At the 11th hour, the mysterious giant creature known as Godzilla, last seen in the 1950s, emerges to take the pair on. But is he on our side?

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Jamie Healy

In the 60th year of the movie franchise, director Gareth Edwards (Monsters) restores Godzilla to his rightful place as King of the Monsters with a blockbuster that makes up in mood and spectacle what it lacks in dramatic bite. The story begins in devastating style with a nuclear accident in Japan that tears power-plant manager Bryan Cranston's family apart. Flash forward to the present, and his grown-up son Ford (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), a naval officer, is returning to his own young family in San Francisco after a tour of duty. But he's soon answering the call back east, where his father remains convinced that the past tragedy was caused by no mere earthquake. After this slow-burn opening, the real star of the show is introduced - along with some new supersized playmates. Edwards injects proceedings with a sense of menace that's been lacking in the series since Ishiro Honda's 1954 original, with the Indian Ocean tsunami, the meltdown at Fukushima and the events of 9/11 all eerily evoked. The set pieces are suitably awesome, including Kaiju clashes in Hawaii and San Francisco, plus a breathtaking navy skydive directly into the monster arena. But while Edwards's Godzilla creation will go down well with fans, the human characters are less well rendered: in an accomplished cast that includes Elizabeth Olsen, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins and David Strathairn, it's only Cranston who makes an impression. Nevertheless, there's enough here to suggest this could be a promising new chapter in the monster series.

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6.4/10

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Cast

rolenameFord BrodyAaron JohnsonIshiro SerizawaKen WatanabeElle BrodyElizabeth OlsenJoe BrodyBryan CranstonSandra BrodyJuliette BinocheAdmiral StenzDavid StrathairnDr Vivienne GrahamSally HawkinsCaptain Russell HamptonRichard T JonesTre MoralesVictor RasukLieutenant Commander Marcus WaltzPatrick SabonguiYoung Ford BrodyC J Adams

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rolenameDirectorGareth Edwards

Details

Theatrical distributor

Warner Bros

Released on

2014-05-16

Languages

English | English | Japanese

Guidance

Some violence, swearing.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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