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Back in the day, humankind has been driven from earth by the arrival of
Godzilla, the most dangerous of all "kaijus", and has been
searching for an earthlike planet ever since. But the supplies on their
ship are now dwindling, so much so that it's decided to send the old and
sick to a possible candidate for colonization just to get rid of them -
but then everybody's shocked when the shuttle to that planet explodes,
especially so Haruo, who tried his best to keep the old and sick for being
exiled and has been incarcerated for it. And that he's not punished even
more severely is thanks to Metphies, one of the ruling class (and quite
possibly an alien in human form) who has his own agenda - and for some
reason that means secretly feeding Haruo's plan to return to earth to the
gouvernment. And eventually it's decided to return to humankind's home
planet. Our heroes' odyssey through space lasted a mere 20 years, but on
earth 20,000 years have passed since - and for some reason, Godzilla's
still alive, and still hell-bet on destroying humans. Humankind seems to
be beaten upon arrival, but thanks to Metphies meddling, Haruo is made the
head of the Godzilla attack force - and ultimately he works out a plan to
defeat the monster, even if that plan means heavy losses. And he succeeds
- only, after Godzilla has already been blown up, he again rises from the
rubble, seemingly unharmed and bigger and badder than ever ... If
you at all know me, you know how much I love Godzilla, and
you might also know that I love anime, so finally seeing Godzilla in anime
form was supposed to strike a chord with me - but this in all honesty was
a rather disappointing film: On the plus side of course, it tries
something new, steering away from typical Godzilla plots to tell a more
original story - but then this story is peopled with characters who are
entirely flat and lack personality, and even Godzilla is underused and
reduced to his radioactive breath. There's no hand-to-hand combat here
which was so lovely in old Godzilla flicks, no stomping
cities into the ground, he just shoots things out of the sky by using his
breath and that's it. Plus, he's kept in the shadows for way too long -
which oftenworks to the advantage in monster movies, but hey, we all know
it's a Godzilla film, we all know what Godzilla looks like,
one might as well show it. That all said, the film's still some fun as
it's packed to the brim with monster and sci-fi action, it just at the
same time feels like a bit of a missed opportunity.
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