Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) on Netflix
NR20001h 45mActionHorrorSci-Fi
Japan's G-Graspers, a Self-Defense Forces unit under Major Kiriko Tsujimori, hunt Godzilla with the Dimension Tide, a satellite that fires miniature black holes. A test firing opens a wormhole.
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Trailer
Plot summary
Repeated nuclear tests revive Godzilla, who destroys Tokyo in 1954, and Japan rebuilds while moving its capital to Osaka. The country gives up nuclear power in 1966, when the creature raids a power plant for the energy it holds. Plasma energy replaces it in 1996, but Godzilla comes back to strike a reactor in Osaka, and plasma is banned as well. The government forms the G-Graspers, a Self-Defense Forces unit led by Major Kiriko Tsujimori and helped by the scientist Hajime Kudo. Their weapon, the Dimension Tide, is a satellite built to fire miniature black holes.
Cast
- Hiroyuki Suzukias Jun Hayasaka
- Tetsuo Yamashitaas Third Lieutenant Tomoharu Okumura
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The English dub released directly to television in the United States by Columbia TriStar has translation inconsistencies, including a scene where Hajime tells Kiriko they will make Godzilla disappear "up his own butthole" instead of into their artificially created "black hole".
- While writing Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, Wataru Mimura deliberately avoided a dark or violent tone because the film's release date fell so close to New Year's, and felt a lighter tone better reflected that date.
- Part of what shaped Godzilla vs. Megaguirus was director Masaaki Tezuka's desire to make something similar to Aliens, which served as the impetus for the film.
