All Monsters Attack( Godzilla's Revenge)

    This film is considered by many to be one of the worst Godzilla films. It tries way too hard to appeal to kids. and what you get is something very bizarre. The film does feature a fair bit of monster action, but most is through stock footage of previous films which has little context in this film. The main thing that makes this movie ridiculous is Minilla in which for this film he's given the ability to change his size and talk sounding like Barney( generic child's voice in Japanese version).

    The story follows a young boy named  Ichiro

whose parents are always working and is bullied at school. He has a toy inventor neighbor named Shinpei who watches over him while his parents are gone. To escape his loneliness, Ichiro imagines himself going to Monster Island, and befriending Minilla. All the monster scenes in this movie take place in Ichiro's head which is why it's random and Minilla can talk and change size. He witnesses godzilla fighting a handful of monsters from previous films then runs into Minilla. He learns that Minilla has a bully as well named Gabara

which is also the name of the head bully in Ichiro's life. Shinpei wakes Ichiro, and he must return to his real life. Meanwhile, bank robbers are hiding out in a nearby warehouse in which Ichiro explores, and picks up one of their wallets.  Ichiro returns home and goes back to Monster Island and witnesses Godzilla fight more monsters( stock footage). Gabara appears and Minilla fights him, but loses.  Godzilla gives Minilla some training emulating the scene from Son of Godzilla.

Ichiro wakes up to the bank robbers kidnapping him and taking him to the warehouse.  To deal with the situation, Ichiro calls for Minilla's help and returns to monster Island where Minilla is fighting Gabara again. Ichiro helps Minilla defeat Gabara. Gabara pissed off, attacks Godzilla who makes short work of him.

  Ichiro wakes as Godzilla approaches him. From him dream. Ichiro musters the courage to fight the bank robbers and leads the outside to where they're arrested.  The next day, Ichiro stands up to his Gabara and beats him in a freeze frame fight. They become friends and everyone is happy.

  The stock footage and premise is what really hurts this film. If you've seen Godzilla vs the Sea Monster and Son of Godzilla, you've already seen most of the fight scenes. This is why the Godzilla suit changes from scene to scene.  Scenes with Gabara are new, but Gabara just looks kind of dumb.

The premise does have some heart to it. Ichiro must learn to stand up to his bullies, and he learns that from his imaginary trips to Monster Island. It's just not what many people want from a Godzilla movie. The American title of Godzilla's Revenge makes no sense. There's nothing in this movie about Godzilla getting revenge. In closing,  this film is a lot like Godzilla vs the Sea Monster. It doesn't do anything to carry the series forward.