Review – Rodan

Not exactly a high point in the world of giant Japanese monsters, though the title character went on to bigger and better things in later team-ups with Godzilla. Miners dig up a pocket of prehistoric beasts, including oversized bugs and a giant egg. In short order not one but two huge, fast-moving, high-flying monsters that look like a cross between a pterodactyl and a chicken plague the skies over Japan. With no other monsters to help do the job, humanity must defeat the creatures itself. It takes some doing and leads to a genuinely dreadful conclusion about “noble death.” Though this isn’t the worst model-smashing-guy-in-latex-suit movie Toho ever made, it isn’t exactly the best either. Mildly amusing