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Destroy All Monsters Director: Ishirô Honda Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Letterbox Format: Color Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Running Time: 90 minutes Studio: A.D. Vision Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2000-02-22 Buy from Amazon |
 "Definately a must see!!!"It's a mega monster mash!!! All of your favorite Toho monsters return to fight off alien invaders in what is widely considered to be one of the best Godzilla movies of all time. Godzilla attacks New York, Rodan; Moscow, Mothra; Bejing, Paris; Gorosaurus(Though in thi film it is blamed on Baragon. Bad dubbing?), and Manda; London. Then they converge to stomp Tokyo, and Baragon, Kumonga, Varan and Minya join in the fun. Then they fight Gidorah. With a fast pace and almost nonstop action, Destroy All Monsters has only one competidior, and that film is Godzilla Vs. King Gidorah. "More monsters than you can shake a stick at"If you like monsters, this is your movie. I won't try to list all of the monsters (eleven total, I believe) because I had never heard of some of them and I can't remember every name. Of course, Godzilla gets top billing, but Rodan, Mothra (the larva version), and Anguiras get a good bit of screen time; the other monsters are pretty cool except for the son of Godzilla, who looks even more silly than he normally would surrounded by a group of "real" monsters. The plot is somewhat far-fetched, naturally, but it works pretty well. It is the year 1999, and a new group of aliens decides to conquer the earth; the plan involves taking over MonsterLand (why not Monster Island?), controlling all of the monsters by some kind of radio waves, and unleashing them all on the world. It's great fun to hear one newsman after another announce that a different monster is attacking cities across the globe, from New York to Paris to Moscow. The aliens are pretty cheesy, dressing alike in metallic grey clothes, smiling a lot, and exuding peaceful intentions (just like Communists of the time?). For some reason, when they make their intentions known, they tell Earthlings the means by which they are controlling the monsters and then give them 24 hours to decide between surrender and destruction. They unleash the monsters on Japan five hours earlier than planned, but the head start they have given Japanese scientists comes back to haunt them. While the Japanese rocket ship offers them a great advantage and allows them to ultimately destroy the aliens' secret base on the Moon, there are a few too many scenes of the ship taking off and landing. The dubbing is also less than stellar, particularly in the case of the Englishman associated with the Japanese brain trust. The fighting is pretty good, but there isn't quite enough of it. While the monsters wreak havoc among the earth's major cities, they don't really engage in monster-a-monster combat until King Ghidorah shows up to defend the aliens--by this point, the aliens' control of earth's monsters has been broken. That contest doesn't last very long, given that Ghidorah is going up against Godzilla's entire gang. Ghidorah is my favorite Godzilla foe, so it is sort of disappointing to see him go into a fight that is far from balanced and fair. I would rather see Godzilla and Ghidorah go at each other one on one. Basically, this movie is a must-have for Godzilla fans as well as for monster lovers. Nowhere else will you find this many monsters doing what they do best. The special effects are quite good (with the exception of the son of Godzilla, of course), and the plot is interesting and exciting (if somewhat cheesy).  "You have to admit, this one has them ALL!"Oh, how well I remember this one from a Saturday afternoon way back when! "Destroy All Monsters" is the ultimate Japanese monster movie that makes good on its promise to offer up every creature in this pantheon: Godzilla, Rodan, Gidrah, Mothra, Bagara, Spidrah, Minilla and Manda. There are so many monsters in this movie that there are some I have never seen before, and I thought I had seen more than my fair share of monster flicks from the Land of the Rising Sun. The excuse for the non-stop mayhem is that a sinister race of aliens is using Earth's own monsters to destroy every capital in the world (e..g, Godzilla takes out NYC). The only chance for the human race is for the United Nations Star Ship Moonlight SYS (you have to love the name) to locate the secret hidden base of the Kilaks, which is somewhere on the moon. If they can break the control of the aliens over the monsters, Earth has a chance! This 1968 film from director Ishiro Honda is letterboxed and dubbed in English (of course; would you have it any other way?). "Destroy All Monsters" certainly jams more destruction by guys in monster suits (or monsters suspended by wires) than any film you will ever come across. Sooner or later, if you are a fan of this genre, you have to check this one out. "The Greatest Monster Fest Ever!"I first saw Destroy All Monsters when I was 5 years old in the tiny theater in our small town in California. It was scary and fun and I have remembered the movie all this time. Now, many years later, I can look back at the movie and say, hey it was pretty good for its time. Sure, the effects are cheesy and some of the monster suits look really tattered and such, but where else are you going to see 11 of the greatest monsters ever get together in one big brawl! Good monster fighting action, I like the fact the movie starts in the future (1999, it was the future back then!) and shows us a world where space exploration is commonplace and the world's monsters have been kept at Monster Island for study. aliens want to take over the earth however, so they let the monsters loose and all heck breaks loose. My favorite moment is when Ghidorah shows up, that was really awesome back then and it is still really cool now. My only gripe with the DVD is that it is bare-bones with no extras or anything, I don't know if any still even exist for this movie but if they did I'd be the first one to buy it. If you're into Japanese monster movies, I'd highly recommend Destroy All Monsters. "THE ULTIMATE BATTLE ROYAL!"Evil aliens from another galaxy called Killacks have a plot to destroy the world! They will do this by controling monsters like Godzilla, Anguirus, Rodan, Mothra, Baragon, Manda, etc. to destroy everything in their path! When this plan fails, the Killacks send King Ghidorah to destroy the world! But, the humans have taken control of the other monsters and the ultimate battle royal ensues! In the end, King Ghidorah is defeated, and the Killacks are destroyed. All the other monsters decide to live on an island called MonsterLand. THE END. This is one the best Godzilla films of all time. All the monsters were in there. It is VERY VERY VERY Good! Go get this movie and watch it. You won't regret it! ;) |
