Destroy All Monsters (Japanese: 怪獣総進撃, Hepburn: Kaijū Sōshingeki, lit. ’Monster Total Advancement’) is a 1968 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film, which was produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd, is the ninth film in the Godzilla franchise, and features eleven monster characters, including Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, King Ghidorah, Anguirus, and Minilla.
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All the monsters are officially brought to a new “Monster Island”, where they are technologically kept from leaving it. They are given abundant food, but also they are being monitored from a secret base on the island, well until the island is attacked, because obviously.
The obvious solution is to call the astronauts back from the moon base to deal with it. Because, obviously. Oh, and the astronauts decided to chase a UFO before coming back to Earth. Because, obviously.
Well, as it happens, aliens are involved. They want to build a new scientific community on Earth, but they have to, you know, kill a few people first, and brainwash the scientists, because obviously.
Godzilla movies are entirely predictable, but that’s part of what makes them addictive.
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