Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Godzilla is literally the longest running film series in history, so it's hard not to see so many movies and treat them like long episodes of a TV show. Hey, it worked for "Mystery Science Theater 3000"! All the Godzilla movies feature either him destroying a city or him fighting another monster and this film goes the extra mile by having both occur! What's better is that we get to see the most frequently appearing human character in the entire Godzilla franchise, Miki Saegusa. She has a psychic link with Godzilla. As the franchise is known for its monsters, it's quite unique for a human character to be important.We get great setup to the creature Biollante and in a lot of the movie and we even get great action scenes from the actual human characters, especially when Biollante's vines are attacking people in the beginning. It seems pretty lame for Godzilla to fight a giant plant, but it certainly gets better. There's actually two huge fights between these two characters. In the second one, Biollante takes on a much cooler and more crocodile like form. At the very end, Godzilla is still alive, but decides to stop attacking. It's really a good story that should please all fans. ***

Sequel to "The Return Of Godzilla"/"Godzilla 1985"(though no Raymond Burr this time!) picks up where that left off, with the aftermath of Godzilla's destruction, and a plot by different groups of people to harvest its cells to be sold and studied for profit. Five years later, one such experiment comes to fruition with the creation of an enormous plant monster/rosebush that immediately battles a re-awakened Godzilla from his volcanic slumber... Strange film scores points for originality but loses others for sheer goofiness and overt mysticism; goes on too long as well, though does have some impressive fight scenes. Can be seen at least on DVD.

Another great entry into the rebooted franchise. It picks up where the last Godzilla films left of. However, it soon turns into an espionage thriller, Americans and, most dangerously of all, middle eastern folk, try and steal a Godzilla fragment to experiment with. It leads to the creation of a giant plant. Nothing too dangerous you might think, but as it mutates, the design is really quite breathtaking. This film once again takes it up a notch. It feels so genuine in its portrayal of the events, and even manages to convince the audience that this is all very real. As always, the score is truly dominant. It flows throughout the film bringing both dread and excitement. I loved how they gradually introduce the more "out there" ideas. This time, it's telekinesis with flowers. Like the classics, it is a story of man and nature, and how fooling around could lead to absolute destruction by giant monsters. There were also a number of humane touches and some maturity lacking from earlier attempts. When asked if he will go to America a young man says that he wont, as every country has bad things about it. For once, the foreign devils aren't to blame. Just humanity as a whole.

This is a good movie. It's no masterpiece, but it is a good film. The plot to this movie, although weird, is very original, especially compared to a few of the Godzilla that had come before and after this movie. Scientists find some of Godzilla's cells and combine them to that of a plant. Why you would want to do something like that is beyond me. Then these weird Venus fly trap like things start appearing and eating people, and then a giant rose/monster creature appearers in the middle of some lake, the creature then gets named Biolante. So sure enough Godzilla then comes out of the volcano that he fell into in the film GODZILLA 1985. Godzilla goes to lake and battles Biolante. He actually ends up wining, to no ones surprise, and moves on and destroys Osaka. But then on his way to the beach, Biolante comes back and takes on a new form. This time she, oh Right I forgot to mention that in this flick they say that Biolante is a female, so she takes on the form of a plant/crocodile/Venus fly trap thing. So there's the whole synopsis. The acting in this movie is good. The effects in this movie are great. Which is good because of the fact that a lot of times in a Godzilla movie the special effects seem rushed. But here, thankfully, you can see that a decent amount of effort got put into this movie. This is a decent addition to the series and I do recommend it.