Godzilla Minus One (2023) Review

Title: Godzilla Minus One
Year: 2023
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese

To say I am a fan of Toho's Godzilla (which I feel is distinct from the American films) is an understatement. I am a HUGE fan of Godzilla. I have watched & reviewed every (Toho) Godzilla film & was very excited to hear about Godzilla Minus One. I will do my best to give an objective analysis of this film.

Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.

Is it great? OH HELL YEAH! Godzilla Minus One is a story about love, loss, grief, family. Its primarily about complex human characters that we can easily connect with who are being threatened by the absolute BEAST that is Godzilla. He's a villain, He is going to F*** your sh** up. 

Godzilla Minus One has a looming impending sense of danger. An atmosphere of dread permeates the screen. The way the death and destruction is shot reminds me of 9/11 videos. Towers fall, dust clouds envelope people, crowds run for their lives. The score booms a classic monster-movie Godzilla theme. This is Cinema. 

Old school Godzilla is brought to the moderns age and I love it. Godzilla's atomic breath looks like a f***ing nuclear bomb. This movie was made for only $15 million & the effects look better than movies made for 10x its budget. Go see it now!