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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 |
 "The best monster movie ever made !!! Ever !!!"Godzilla, Rodan, Gidrah, Mothra, Bagara, Spidrah, Minilla and Manda are all in this movie. No questions asked, this is by far the best monster movie ever made. Even baby Godzilla gets in on all the action. His fire-breath circled one the heads of the three-headed monster. This is one scene that will last with me for the rest of my life (LOL). The last 30 minutes contain non-stop fight-action never-before seen in a SCI-FI monster movie. All action for us monster fans to watch & enjoy. Larry  "Multi Monster Wrestlemania Topples Tokyo !!"This is the one and only wall to wall, tree top tall, all in brawl involving nearly EVERY radioactive monster creation to come out of Toho studios ! If there is a zenith in Japanese monster movies, or merely in seeing how many grown Japanese men will fight on one sound stage dressed in reptilian suits, then "Destroy All Monsters" is that movie ! Directed by experienced, monster movie director Ishiro Honda ( "Godzilla vs Mothra", "Matango: Fungus of Terror" and "King Kong vs Godzilla"....to name but a few ! ), this time Earth is under threat from the "Kilaks".....a race of manipulative women ( aren't they all like that ? ) from the moon who seek to enslave the Earth by unleashing the previously "imprisoned" oversized monsters from Monster Island to destroy the world's capital cities. Godzilla destroys New York, Baragon ruins Paris, Rodan swoops over Moscow....and so on, and so on. The United Nations decides to fight back against the invaders and they send their snappy rocketship, Moonlight SY2 to seek out the evil "Kilaks" lair ! However, the cornered "Kilaks" still have one trick up their sleeve when they unleash the three headed Ghidirah to take on the Earth's monsters under the picturesque backdrop of Mount Fuji. This all out slugfest involves Godzilla, his smoke ring blowing son Minya, Spigas, Baragon, Anguilas, Mothra and other non-specific rubber reptiles as they finally beat Ghidirah and the "Kilaks", and then return to Monster Island to live happily ever after. I'm curious to know how they arrived at the "50th Anniversary Special Edition" banner on this DVD release, as the original movie was released in 1968, so 50 years later is not until 2018 ??? Oh well, Japanese monster movies have never made sense...just sit back and enjoy the carnage. "MY FAVORITE MONSTERS"This movie was awsome, but far from classic. They should have put music from Godzilla vs. The Thing in it. This movie shows my favorite monsters 1 Baragon 2 Godzilla 3 Gorosaurus 4 Varan 5 Manda 6 Rodan 7 Angilas 8 Minya. It should have shown Baragon and Varan more. "Akira Ifukube Music CD included in "D.A.M." 50th AnivrsDVD "This 50th Anniversary DVD includes a 30 track audio CD "of rousing music composed by Akira Ifukube" from the movie. I bought it entirely for this reason. Believe it or not, this movie is JAM-PACKED with NON-monster scenes. Sadly, this edition has NO chapter markers, so you CAN'T jump to the MONSTER FINALE at the end. There are NO Special Features. It is letter-boxed, but it is the "matted" type that won't fill out a wide-screen TV (still much better than full-screen). I give it 2 extra stars because I love Ifukube's music and I appreciate ADV films for including the audio CD. Make sure you get the "50th Anniversary S.E." if you want the CD. HOT IFUKUBE TIP: Amazon sells a CD titled "Best Of Godzilla- 1954-1975 Original Film Soundtracks" !! I ordered it today !!! "A classic among Godzilla flicks"This is truly a classic. A japanese monster movie fan's wet dream. Think this one's cool? Wait till you get a load of Godzilla: Final Wars... Practically every monster Godzilla ever fought including a couple he hasn't. Monster X awaits... So, you hated the american version of Godzilla? How about a scene where the "real deal" comes along and kicks it's @$$ in Sydney Harbour. A long, drawn out fight it ain't... |
