A super Godzilla, it was born from Godzilla cells!

Starring: Kunihiko Mitamura, Yoshiko Tanaka, Masanobu Takashima, Megumi Odaka, Toru Minegishi, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Yoshiko Kuga

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ - good

"So you did do it. You amalgamated one of Godzilla's cells together with the plant's cells. Are you proud of this? What kind science do you call this?" - Kazuhito Kirishima

Why watch this? This late '80s film was very fresh and downright exciting.

Plot Summary: Five years after Godzilla's last attack, a scientist seeking to preserve his deceased daughter's cells accidentally creates a hybrid monster using Godzilla's DNA and that of a rose. Meanwhile, international powers and a terrorist organization struggle to control samples of Godzilla's cells, leading to complications that release the dormant monster from his volcanic prison. The reawakened Godzilla eventually encounters Biollante, culminating in a clash that determines the fate of humanity.

Dad's Preview: Godzilla was re-booted by Toho Studios in 1984, which started the Heisei period, which re-established Godzilla as a more destructive, meaner threat. It took five years to make the second film, but it was worth the wait. Scientists, desperate to find a way to kill Godzilla, fuse planet genetics with his DNA. The result is a new life-form, that grows into Biollante, a female plant-reptile hybrid that quickly draws the big guy's nuclear-powered attention. I get that Biollante sounds like a Mexican wrestler, but trust me, the creature gives Godzilla all he can handle.

Toho Co. Ltd.