The Man and the Beast (1973)
Gênero : Terror
Runtime : 1H 25M
Director : Julián Soler
Sinopse
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, adapted once again.
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
Um monstro gigante e radioativo apareece na baía de Tóquio e provoca o caos na cidade. Enquanto a criatura evolui as autoridades debatem como enfrentá-lo.
Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discovered to have been an egg that births a new monster called Barugon. The creature attacks the city of Osaka by emitting a destructive rainbow ray from his back, along with a freezing spray capable of incapacitating Gamera.
Godzilla está de volta, e desta vez ele não está sozinho! Godzilla e o espinhoso monstro Anguirus travam uma quente batalha em uma pequena ilha japonesa. Conforme a ameaça de destruição sobe, dois heróis japoneses devem reunir coragem para o confronto final contra Godzilla.
No futuro distante de 1999, todos os monstros da Terra foram capturados e detidos nas Ilhas Ogasawara. Tudo está bem no sistema solar até uma raça de alienígenas mulheres controlarem os monstros e liberá-los, causando estragos em todo o mundo. Godzilla ataca Nova Iorque; Rodan invade Moscou; Mothra devasta Pequim; Gorosaurus destrói Paris; e Manda ataca Londres!
Após um feroz tufão, o gigantesco ovo de Mothra é trazido até o Japão. Empresários gananciosos compram o ovo e se recusam a devolvê-lo ao povo de Mothra. Com seus pedidos negados, Godzilla aparece em Nagoya, e o povo de Mothra deve decidir se está disposto a ajudar o Japão.
Um acidente nuclear no Ártico traz à tona Gamera, uma tartaruga gigante que deve ser parada a qualquer custo.
Um gigantesco réptil mutante surge em virtude de testes nucleares. A monstruosa criatura cria um rastro de destruição no seu caminho até Tóquio, que corre o risco de ser totalmente destruída se o monstro não for detido.
Em 1956 o filme japonês "Gojira", primeiro filme do Godzilla, foi editado e re-lançado nos EUA. Mudanças na história incluem um novo personagem: o repórter Steve Martin, interpretado pelo ator canadense Raymond Burr, que virou protagonista e narrador da história, relatando a invasão do gigantesco monstro a Tóquio.
A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956), plus WWII newsreel footage and clips from other monster 1950's movies. The re-edited film was then colorized via a process called Spectrorama 70 consisting of applying various colored gels to the black and white footage. The film's opening and ending also features new music composed by musician Vince Tempera (under the pseudonym Magnetic System).
Uma profetisa de Vênus anuncia desastres catastróficos! Godzilla, Mothra e Rodan reaparecem no Japão, causando devastação! Um meteoro gigante colide nas montanhas e o dragão espacial cuspidor de fogo de três cabeças Rei Ghidorah emerge! Conforme as profecias da venusiana se tornam realidade, assassinos de um pequeno reino asiático a caçam, enquanto os monstros da Terra devem decidir se irão resolver suas diferenças mesquinhas e unir forças contra o inimigo extraterrestre!
Os dois maiores monstros de todos os tempos batalham em uma clássica aventura emocionante. Quando uma dissimulada empresa farmacêutica vai até uma remota ilha tropical para roubar King Kong para fins publicitários, eles recebem mais do que esperavam quando o gigantesco macaco ataca uma desavisada aldeia e um enorme polvo. Enquanto isso, muito abaixo do mar, a tripulação de um submarino desencadeia terror reptiliano quando derretem um bloco de gelo e liberam o feroz Godzilla de seu covil gelado. Quando os dois destrutivos monstros aparecem em Tóquio, é uma luta que tem o futuro da humanidade na balança.
Joe Brody criou o filho sozinho após a morte da esposa em um acidente na usina nuclear em que ambos trabalhavam, no Japão. Ele nunca aceitou a catástrofe e quinze anos depois continua remoendo o acontecido, tentando encontrar alguma explicação. Ford Brody, agora adulto, é soldado do exército americano e precisa lutar desesperadamente para salvar a população mundial e em especial sua família do gigantesco, inabalável e incrivelmente assustador monstro Godzilla.
Estranhos alienígenas elaboram um plano maligno para dominar a Terra, construindo um Godzilla robô para esmagar todas as interferências. Logo, o Godzilla real une forças com King Caesar em uma luta épica para salvar a humanidade. Um monstro do espaço luta contra os monstros de antigamente.
Um tipo de pássaro carnívoro gigante (Gyaos) é acordado numa ilha japonesa logo após os militares encontrarem uma massa gigante (Gamera) se movendo pelas águas do Pacífico. O filme acompanha a cientista Mayumi Nagamine, os militares Yoshinari Yonemori, seu superior Naoya Kusanagi e sua filha Asagi Kusanagi, tentarão desvendar o que são realmente este monstros que aterrorizam o Japão.
Godzilla ressurge depois de anos adormecido no fundo do mar. É acordado de seu sono por um acidente com um submarino americano, a radiação da nave provoca a fúria do gigante que investe mais uma vez contra o Japão. Cabe aos três monstros guardiões do continente (BARAGON, MOTHRA e KING GHIDORAH) deter e destruir o poderoso Godzilla que ameaça o Japão.
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Enquanto filmava um documentário sobre os desaparecimentos suspeitos dentro da comunidade de sem-teto, um cineasta e sua equipe desaparecem enquanto descobrem um segredo terrível e cruel sob a superfície da cidade.
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