The read
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes25%
Metacritic31/100
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
202 audience votes
Key crew
- Koji HashimotoDirector
- R.J. KizerDirector
- Lisa TomeiScreenplay
- Reijirō KorokuOriginal Music Composer
- Hideichi NagaharaScreenplay
- Straw WeismanScreenplay
Cast
- Raymond BurrSteven Martin
- Keiju KobayashiPrime Minister Mitamura
- Ken TanakaGoro Maki
- Yasuko SawaguchiNaoko Okumura
- Shin TakumaHiroshi "Ken" Okumura
- Warren J. KemmerlingGeneral Goodhue
- James Scott HessColonel Raschen
- Travis SwordsMajor McDonough
- Eitarō OzawaFinance Minister Kanzaki
- Taketoshi NaitōTakegami, Chief Cabinet Secretary
- Nobuo KanekoHome Affairs Minister Isomura
- Mizuho SuzukiForeign Minister Emori