All Monsters Attack (ゴジラ・ミニラ・ガバラ オール怪獣大進撃, Gojira Minira Gabara Ōru Kaijū Daishingeki, lit. Godzilla, Minilla, and Gabara: All Monsters Attack) is a 1969 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, written by Shinichi Sekizawa, and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka. The film, which was produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd, is the tenth film in the Godzilla series, and features the fictional monster characters Godzilla, Minilla, and Gabara.
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All Monsters Attack is a low budget (even moreso than any other of the films) as it’s main character is a child who dreams of going to Monster Island. Literally. So in his dreams he teams up with Minilla (Son of Godzilla) and together they explore the island (which includes footage from previous films as we watch Godzilla battle various other monsters).
I’m not saying any of this is a bad thing, as this is the tenth film in the series, it seems appropriate to have some recap at this point, and it is fitted in with the storyline fairly well, as the child himself is being bullied in real life, and his dreams are teaching him to stand up for himself.
Honestly, if I had to, this is more of a “coming of age” movie than a monster movie. The monsters are there, but they’re background characters, so as part of monster series, this really ain’t it. I still enjoyed it, as I do like coming of age films, and well monster films.
It’s just if you were expecting all out monster mayhem, this isn’t it.
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