None of them won, but the film did win the Oscar for best adapted screenplay from Blatty's own book. Sensuality, adult themes. Wesley Snipes is underused as an actor but hyped as an action figure as he plays a supersecret agent who is framed for assassinating a Chinese ambassador, which creates an international incident that upsets a major trade agreement. Donald Sutherland is the U.N. leader, Anne Archer is Sutherland's Machiavellian assistant, Michael Biehn is Snipes' fellow agent and Marie Matiko is a Chinese translator who seems to be the only one on Snipes' side. Explosive and bloody violence, rough swearwords.
Trouble is, nothing has changed except the year.
He's still attacking evil scientists who mess with Mother Nature while trying save mankind by destroying all nuclear energy sources. And he's still battling other giant monsters who challenge his moral authority, not to mention tramping on his Tokyo turf. But 'Zilla is nothing but a sluggish, clunky dino with an irritating metal roar who keeps tripping over skyscrapers. A few translated vulgarities, bloodless violence. Bob Curtright writes about movies, videos and television.