It must be tough living in Japan. After all, with Godzilla, Gamera, Gaos, and a host of other monsters trolling about, you can't insure your car or your house. Plus, traffic must be a bear. However, at least you're not living on a small Japanese atoll.
Rodan takes place in a Japanese company mining town. One could almost hear the strains of Tennessee Ernie Ford's "I owe my soul to the company store" were it not for the locals screaming in terror from large mutant bugs who seem to be distant cousins of Mothra. It seems the miners dug just a bit too far in Shaft #8, and unearthed this terror.
You would think that this fuzzy caterpillar would be Rodan, but as Warner Wolff might say, "If you had the fuzzy caterpillar as Rodan, YOU LOST!" It seems that the lead safety engineer, while trying to find his ersatz troublemaking and future brother-in-law, is trapped in an underground cavern by an earthquake. He suffers from amnesia, but soon remembers his lines to give us the backstory on the real Rodan.
Plus, to make matters worse, there are TWO Rodans. Yup, Mr. & Mrs. Rodan spent their days flying at supersonic speeds, disrupting air & sea traffic, as well as doing several million yuan worth of improvements to a Bejing suburb. Without Godzilla, Gamera, or a bunch of 10 year olds in tight shorts to save the day, the military pretty much has to suck it up and kill the Rodans themselves. Overall, a well done flick.
Sterno says reserve a Saturday afternoon for Rodan.
Rodan takes place in a Japanese company mining town. One could almost hear the strains of Tennessee Ernie Ford's "I owe my soul to the company store" were it not for the locals screaming in terror from large mutant bugs who seem to be distant cousins of Mothra. It seems the miners dug just a bit too far in Shaft #8, and unearthed this terror.
You would think that this fuzzy caterpillar would be Rodan, but as Warner Wolff might say, "If you had the fuzzy caterpillar as Rodan, YOU LOST!" It seems that the lead safety engineer, while trying to find his ersatz troublemaking and future brother-in-law, is trapped in an underground cavern by an earthquake. He suffers from amnesia, but soon remembers his lines to give us the backstory on the real Rodan.
Plus, to make matters worse, there are TWO Rodans. Yup, Mr. & Mrs. Rodan spent their days flying at supersonic speeds, disrupting air & sea traffic, as well as doing several million yuan worth of improvements to a Bejing suburb. Without Godzilla, Gamera, or a bunch of 10 year olds in tight shorts to save the day, the military pretty much has to suck it up and kill the Rodans themselves. Overall, a well done flick.
Sterno says reserve a Saturday afternoon for Rodan.