Mega hit

Rating: 10/10 (18 August 2014)

In all of my years as a Godzilla fan this one had to top them all. Not only does the magnificent behemoth grace the silver screen with his size but how he is able to keep himself from hurting the environment while in battle although his opponents do not see it that way with their disregard to life. Yet to be fair the instinctive nature of perpetual reproduction will always have first place no matter the cost.
While in Japan Joe Brody (Brian Cranston) is a technician for the most important nuclear facility ever built. Teeming with high output the energy plant inadvertently awakens a creature from its slumber. Although not fully awake it starts to consume the nuclear power to feed itself while in a cocoon underground. However during this mere feeding, and as it stirs in its nest tremors shake the foundations until the plant collapses from the incredible strain killing Joe's wife in the process.
Fifteen years later his son Ford (Aaron Taylor Johnson) is called out to Japan to bail his father out from the local police detachment because of his outrageous behaviour towards the failed nuclear plant which has been taken over by high government officials. Now Joe must convince his son that not all is what it seems surrounding the plants secrets. So on a rec-on mission to gather data from his old house in the quarantine zone they are arrested on the spot, and brought to the plant where the slumbering creature finally wakes up.
Now it is an all out battle between Godzilla against two more that tries to create new offspring by using nuclear missiles as food. Ford after losing his father back in Japan decides to take the fight to them with the reluctant help of Godzilla back in the U.S. in the city of San Fransico. It becomes a battlefield when the three titans face each other in combat. Ford then notices eggs in pods which he exterminates using gasoline from a truck. After everything said and done Godzilla emerges victorious but collapses from his incredible ordeal.
I have to give this ten stars because of the nature of the story. It is a classic where good triumphs over evil although the good wears tough skin, and expels pure plasma as a defence measure. To see his face roar his insurmountable anger was always a high point in any Godzilla movie Japanese based or not. But what made me smile was the last scene where he picked his weary self up from the rubble, and stood facing the ocean and gave one last roar as if he was saying, "Nobody screws with the Zilla!" Then after dives into the ocean to head for home for a long needed nap. The multimillion year old Shogun had shown to all that his brand of justice has never faded through the years and he proved time, and time again.
The music was excellent plus the eerie chorus sound when the men jumped out for a HALO drop to retrieve a nuclear missile. Although used in another movie 2001 A space odyssey I found the chorus to fit this perfectly. With dark clouds, and stirring winds of torrential storms that were building up one stage to another. Ken Wantanabe is one of my favourite Japanese actors that has come a long way in his career. His grace, and regal disposition to his characters are always top notch. I give this movie high regards and recommend this to anyone over age 14.