Destroy All Monsters Movie Review

The ultimate Japanese monster bash! Aliens from the planet Kilaak take control of Godzilla and his monstrous colleagues, who've been incarcerated on a remote island. Various monsters are dispatched to destroy different Earth cities (Godzilla is sent to New York, apparently to give Tokyo a rest). Adding insult to injury, the Kilaakians send three-headed Ghidrah in to take care of the loose ends. Can the planet possibly survive this madness? In addition to Godzilla, this classic Toho flick stars the Son of Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, Angilas, Varan, Baragon, Spigas, and others. If you're wondering why relative unknown Gorosaurus (from King Kong Escapes) is featured so prominently – the reason has to do with the condition of the monster suits, some of which were in bad shape and not vital enough to the plot to be rebuilt. Old Angilas (from Godzilla Raids Again) picked up some admirers with this film, as a result of his courage shown in the scrap with Ghidrah. This was director Inoshiro Honda's second-to-last Godzilla pic, and the last really good one for nearly two decades. Dubbing is better than usual. U.S. video TV version is cropped and slightly edited. AKA: Kaiju Soshingeki; Operation Monsterland.

1968 (G) 88m/C JP Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kyoko Ai, Yukiko Kobayashi, Kenji Sahara, Andrew Hughes, Emi Ito, Yumi Ito; D: Inoshiro Honda; W: Kaoru Mabuchi, Inoshiro Honda; C: Taiichi Kankura. VHS FRG