FilmPG-13Monster & Creature Sci-Fi Horror Survival

Godzilla1998

Name: Godzilla
Genre: Monster & Creature, Sci-Fi Horror, Survival
Released: 1998-05-20
Rating: 5.1

“Size does matter.”

Directed by Roland Emmerich

5.1

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.5Rotten Tomatoes 20%Metacritic 32TMDB 5.7

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Year

1998

Runtime

139 min

Box Office

Budget

$130,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$379,014,294

Domestic

$136,314,294

🏆 10 wins & 13 nominations total

The premise

French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.

Horror Vault's take

When French nuclear testing in the Pacific mutates a reptile into a colossal, city-leveling predator, the creature sets its sights on Manhattan — and the chaos is only beginning. Worm biologist Niko Tatopoulos finds himself at the center of a desperate military effort to stop the beast before the situation spirals irreversibly out of control. The streets of New York become a war zone as helicopters, missiles, and sheer human ingenuity are thrown at a creature that seems unstoppable. Roland Emmerich's big-budget reimagining trades slow-burn dread for relentless spectacle and pulse-pounding urban mayhem.

Content: Intense Action Sequences, Large-Scale Destruction, Creature Attack Sequences, Peril Involving Animals