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Godzilla 1985

Play trailer Poster for Godzilla 1985 PG,  1984,  1h 31m,  Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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25% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 66% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
The Japanese dinosaur wakes up and swims toward Tokyo, leaving a wake of nuclear destruction.

Critics Reviews

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
1/4
The fatal flaw in Godzilla 1985 is that it is a bad movie with aspirations of being a good bad movie. Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Apr 26, 2025
It’s still a guy in a suit stomping through lovingly detailed miniatures, and by American standards it’ll always have that delightfully cheesy camp element, but this painstakingly crafted affair is one of the easier series efforts to take seriously. Go to Full Review
Chase Burns The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Jan 8, 2022
Godzilla 1985 is one helluva frankensteined relic. Go to Full Review
Bob Chipman Escapist Magazine May 23, 2019
Godzilla is also the nominal villain once again, setting up a streak of moral ambiguity that would inform the series from this point forward. Go to Full Review
Tom Long Santa Cruz Sentinel Feb 4, 2019
"Godzilla -- I was hoping I would never hear that name again," says the prime minister of Japan. Now I know what he meant. Go to Full Review
Randy Shulman Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) Oct 28, 2005
1/5
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Audience Reviews

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Draco M Jan 12, 2019 A hungry Godzilla is peppered with a super X weapon and tricked by underhanded humans.
Kylo L Dec 31, 2018 Actually pretty good though I would only recommend it to hardcore Godzilla fans like myself
Kylo L Oct 17, 2018 this movie needs more love why fucking people think this is bad like goddzilla 98
Albus R Sep 10, 2018 *This review is intended for the original Japanese version, NOT THE AMERICAN ONE* This first reboot of the Godzilla franchise might not come across as fresh or breathtaking as the first incarnation of the monster (even though it's a continuation of the original film), but thanks to a politically driven plot; "The Return of Godzilla" proves that this monster can still deliver mindless, carnage fun... Even with the suit looking more fake and outdated as ever. See more
Mar 31, 2018 This is a great Godzilla film that is super underrated in my opinion. Going to the dark roots of the series it's not the best Godzilla film but its up there. See more
Anakin S Feb 2, 2018 I cannot find the Japanese version titled "Return of Godzilla" so I have to review the English version. I also had this film on VHS with Raymond Burr reprising his US only role from King of the Monsters. Most people don't realize this film essentially rebooted the series to become the direct sequel to the original film. Tonally the movie matches the original film as Godzilla is a force of nature and enemy whom humanity desperately fights against. The movie is somewhat period however as the movie features the US and USSR as major powers having to respond to the threat of Godzilla and the use of nukes more tenuous (look it up). Raymond Burr's role in the US version is neat but he doesn't do anything major unlike the Japanese cast. What i do like is that this film is not militaristic and kind of anti war, esentially viewing fighting and defeating Godzilla as just trying to save people and not "War guns soldiers Patriotism F-YEAH!". It's clever people who band together that save the world from Godzilla not military might. There's no other kaiju which leaves the focus on Godzilla and expands on the ending of the first film which was fear of nuclear weapons and the beasts that could arise from them. See more
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Movie Info

Synopsis The Japanese dinosaur wakes up and swims toward Tokyo, leaving a wake of nuclear destruction.
Director
Kohji Hashimoto, R.J. Kizer
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka, Norio Hayashi, Kiyomi Kanazawa, Tony Randel
Production Co
Toho Eizo Co., CEA Studios, Toho
Rating
PG
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.1M
Runtime
1h 31m
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