==Please note: This review is for the original Japanese subbed version.==

This is a good return to form when it comes to story-telling in the Godzilla series. While it still has abandoned its horror roots. This new movie highlights aspects of commercialism and corrupt corporations and their views on life itself as monetary value. This is an over-used plot, but in this case, it's used well considering Godzilla is a consequence of humans yet again.

Not since the first Godzilla movie have we really had an engaging human cast to follow and be concerned for, and it's good to see that the human aspect of this movie is not just filler or an annoyance. The story is great and remains prevalent today, maybe even more so. But, the action is of the same quality as King Kong vs Godzilla and is bad. The actual action sequences are not until the very last third of the movie, and for good reason. I really enjoyed the story so much more than the "versus" aspect. Which is the idea. Godzilla and Mothra's showdown at the end is the result of human corruption and is a lovely closer. Even if the ending is the same as the last.

Not much has changed in the set department, but the use of colour is fantastic and really makes certain scenes pop to give clear exposition. The visual effects are about on-par with the last entry and displays the green-screen clipping through Godzilla himself at some points. But the practical effects (which would be vastly improved in the next movie) actually aren't too bad. Mothra's design is nice and all, but she looks like a stuffed toy here. Which only makes the action funnier than it already is. As for the fact that previous movies did not slow the footage down or have the monsters move slowly to give the scale some realism. This movie uses that for some shots, but for the more"intense" shots, they just flail about at normal speed like the last movie.

I really enjoyed my time with this movie and was a welcome change-up from the previous installments in the series. But if you were looking for Godzilla action, this one may not be for you.

**7/10**

>See my Godzilla ranked movie list: https://trakt.tv/users/corruptednoobie/lists/godzilla-films-ranked?sort=rank,asc