brilliant actors, brilliant editing

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Strange that a movie about Godzilla fighting a giant plant with the head of a red rose would be one of the best of the entire franchise, dating back from the origins, but it's true... GODZILLA VS BIOLLANTE is also the first of five co-starring Japanese starlet Megumi Odaka as Miki Saegusa, bringing to light another miracle...That a young, really cute Japanese girl (vulnerable and sympathetic, with upturned leafy ears that gives her a unique koala bear pixie look) who is gifted with ESP, could actually read Godzilla's mind without it being too lame or corny: She's what Amy Irving is to THE FURY (think CARRIE with powers in check). And her four other "Heisei Godzilla" films (later distributed by Miramax on awesomely inexpensive blu rays) lasted throughout the entire 1990's...The main character is a middle-aged scientist whose daughter died five years earlier in a laboratory explosion, and he winds up working for a corporation, reluctant at first, but then his creation becomes even more dangerous than Godzilla, or has the potential: that aforementioned plant-beast uses an octopus-tangle of furious stems to attack, each with fang-snapping mouths that resemble the titular "Feed me Seymour" from LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS combined with the fury of The Muppets drummer Animal, in droves...But the final battle between the reptilian and the organic are the first of several peaks that, while going on about twenty minutes too long, winds down a complicated yet clearly told story with a smooth cold war thriller vibe involving an Arab assassin cutting through and around various Japanese henchmen trying to steal the plot-device aka McGuffin from competing labs...Those being Godzilla's very own cells, which was one of several ingredients to bring this new creature to life, and what woke Godzilla up from his volcanic slumber (ala GODZILLA 1985): But his true adversary is a flying vessel that, with blasting lasers laced with anti-nuclear-matter, resembles an otherwise random benign shuttle in any old school outer space movie...Combining b-roll nature shots edited into the expository mainline provides a sort of documentary vibe, along with strategic grids and slick gadgets, all the while allowing Mika to use her brain power only during times needed to make that aspect more interesting within the two most suspenseful and urgent situations... The Japanese military either anticipating Godzilla's arrival or dealing with his usual citywide ravaging that, at that point, 1989, still using the beloved man-in-suit applied effects, actually looks impressive given how much the burning city's flamed-redbrick background, or dark-lit lagoon sequences or even the open sea battles, visually evens-out the screeching, upright-standing creature that, while dated, many find far more entertaining, and even formidable, than what computers do so easily, and without the same creative finesse or overall sense of doom and dread: But it's the multi-tiered story that drives this monster instead of the monster highlighting a one-dimensional action flick.

As we all know, Godzilla movies are based on nuclear fission because he was created by it. And through all his movies, he is always trying to get across that all nuclear reactors are too dangerous for man to handle. But the Biollante story crosses into some type of karmic belief, in this case were the scientist's daughter dies and comes back as a flower. For me this is far removed for any Godzilla story as it could possibly get. Originally it was released in Japan and came to US in 1992. The soundtrack in this movie sounded cheesy and combined with a story line that is almost nonexistent makes for the most unusual Godzilla story. In 2012, it came out on blue-ray that seems to be readily found. I don't recommend it, but as a Godzilla fan, I had to take a chance and see it.

The best Godzilla movie is Godzilla 1998. Maybe you don't think so that's o.k. But if you are mad about it grow up you pooh pooh heads. This is a very good movie. It is the 17th Godzilla movie. It is not as good as the 11th Godzilla movie. Godzilla vs the smog monster. The the 16th Godzilla movie Godzilla 1985 or Return of Godzilla. The 22nd Godzilla movie Godzilla vs Destroyer is also better. But still a very good movie. A very entertaining monster movie. See it. Part 23 to the Japan series Godzilla vs M.e.g..a.g.u.i.r.u.s is also better. Part 25 to the Japan series Godzilla M.o.t.h.r.a and King G.h.i.d.o.r.a.h giant monsters on an all out attack is also better. The 8th Godzilla movie Son of Godzilla is also better. But still it is very good movie. See it.

Gojira vs. Biorante is not a masterpiece in any shape or form, but I really liked it and thought it was a lot of fun. It is perhaps a little too long and the ending falls a little flat. Quibbles aside, it never fails to be entertaining. The film does move briskly, while I loved the idea of the story which was nicely constructed and fun. The visuals are great too, the colours look great while the cinematography is good and the effects are excellent, Godzilla especially is brilliantly done, so is Biollante. The score is quite nice also, it isn't amazing, but it is memorable and quite an interesting one. The dialogue is reasonable enough, while the direction is good and the acting and characters are likable without anyone in particular standing out too much. So all in all, quite a nice surprise and entertaining. 8/10 Bethany Cox