Unlike most of the other reviews, I personally enjoyed this classic 1980s film about a giant sea monster that, after awakening from an atomic bomb blast, goes on a rampage and begins attacking anything in its sight. It begins its attack on a sea vessel and sinks the captain's boat. He and a few of the crew manage to escape, but the rest of his crew is not so lucky.
He is under scrutiny from everyone who believes he was drunk for losing his ship due to other mishaps in the past. But, when a woman who witnesses her friend's death by the monster teams up with him, they set out to find someone who will believe them. Nobody does --- until they team up with a wise old professor.
The monster then attacks a lighthouse and kills the owner before turning its attention to a boat dock and kills the dockmaster. The man who witnesses the dockmaster's death is the captain's mate who now believes he was right all along and apologizes to him when he meets up with him later. The four of them now have to fight the monster.
With what? Flares. They don't intend to kill the creature...which is much better than other "monster movies" where it dies at the end...but, instead, they want to drive it away. When the monster returns, they put their plan into action, but not before it attacks a helicopter and kills the pilots inside. Then, it attacks a bridge and almost destroys a train in the process. The train manages to make it across, but the last car...a tanker car, I believe...becomes dislodged and explodes after splashing into the water.
The monster manages to escape and the professor assumes it may be heading for the United States. How I wish a sequel had been made showing it attacking some U.S. coastal communities. Anyway, the film ends on that note and the captain and the woman fall in love.
While this movie may not have the best special effects, it doesn't deserve the negative criticism it got. There's also a subplot where a survivor from one of the attacks is killed by some unidentified man who looks like a secret agent. He suffocates the survivor by putting a pillow over his face.
As far as I know, this film is either rated PG or PG-13 (depending on various sources). Considering the amount of violence and language depicted, I'd place my bets on the PG-13 rating.
He is under scrutiny from everyone who believes he was drunk for losing his ship due to other mishaps in the past. But, when a woman who witnesses her friend's death by the monster teams up with him, they set out to find someone who will believe them. Nobody does --- until they team up with a wise old professor.
The monster then attacks a lighthouse and kills the owner before turning its attention to a boat dock and kills the dockmaster. The man who witnesses the dockmaster's death is the captain's mate who now believes he was right all along and apologizes to him when he meets up with him later. The four of them now have to fight the monster.
With what? Flares. They don't intend to kill the creature...which is much better than other "monster movies" where it dies at the end...but, instead, they want to drive it away. When the monster returns, they put their plan into action, but not before it attacks a helicopter and kills the pilots inside. Then, it attacks a bridge and almost destroys a train in the process. The train manages to make it across, but the last car...a tanker car, I believe...becomes dislodged and explodes after splashing into the water.
The monster manages to escape and the professor assumes it may be heading for the United States. How I wish a sequel had been made showing it attacking some U.S. coastal communities. Anyway, the film ends on that note and the captain and the woman fall in love.
While this movie may not have the best special effects, it doesn't deserve the negative criticism it got. There's also a subplot where a survivor from one of the attacks is killed by some unidentified man who looks like a secret agent. He suffocates the survivor by putting a pillow over his face.
As far as I know, this film is either rated PG or PG-13 (depending on various sources). Considering the amount of violence and language depicted, I'd place my bets on the PG-13 rating.