Godzilla 1985

(1985)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 202 votes

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Year: 1985

Runtime: 87 мин

Country: United States of America, Japan

Director: R.J. Kizer, 橋本幸治

Cast: Рэймонд Бёрр, Кейдзю Кобаяси, 田中健, Ясуко Савагути, 宅麻伸, Warren J. Kemmerling, James Scott Hess, Travis Swords, 小沢栄太郎, Такэтоси Найто

Plot

Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.

A reporter investigates the disappearance of a ship. He finds the ship and discovers that all the hands have been killed by a giant sea louse except for one. The lone survivor then tells the reporter that the ship was attacked by Godzilla (Gojira). Fearing a panic, the Japanese government then takes the survivor into custody to keep him from revealing that Godzilla has returned. However, a Soviet nuclear submarine is destroyed and the situation puts them and the United States on the brink of nuclear war, until the Japanese decide to come clean and admit that it was Godzilla. Soon the Japan and the rest of the world are on red alert as they wait for Godzilla to begin his rampage anew.