Godzilla As A Force Of Nature

Rating: 7/10 (28 May 2014)

Gareth Edwards directed this serious and sober-minded modern remake of the memorable 1954 Japanese original that stars Bryan Cranston as Joe Brody, a former nuclear plant supervisor in Japan who lost his co-worker wife in a near-meltdown, who 15 years later becomes convinced that it was no accident, and after infiltrating the sealed-off area of the plant with his now grown son(played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson) discovers to their horror that the situation was worse than they feared, with a gigantic mutated creature on the rampage, searching for an equally mutated mate, but not reckoning on the intervention by a force of nature to restore balance - Godzilla...
Well-made film has outstanding CGI to bring Godzilla to realistic life like never before, with fine acting and an intelligent story balancing the impressive monster fighting and large-scale action scenes. Owes a nod or two to "Jaws", which also did not overuse its monster, which this film wisely follows.
First in a series of updated Toho "monsterverse" films.