Never having heard about the 1985 South Korean kaiju movie titled "Bicheongoesu" (aka "War of the God Monsters") before now late in 2022, as I had the opportunity to watch it. And having sat through a lot of the good old "Godzilla" movies in my time, of course I opted to watch South Korea had to offer with this movie.
I must say that it was an overly dramatic title for a not so very dramatic movie. For a kaiju movie made in the mid-1980s, it was strange how poorly it managed to turn out in comparison to the kaiju movies from the 1960s and 1970s from Japan. Yeah, "Bicheongoesu" wasn't exactly a great movie experience.
The storyline was rather mundane, nay, strike that. The storyline was actually boring and unappealing. It was simply too generic and simplistic, and it offered nothing to challenge the viewers. And that made for a rather dull movie experience.
And it didn't help much that the monsters in the movie looked like something that director Jeong-Yong Kim had just walked into the nearest toy store and picked off of a toy shelf. The creature design in "Bicheongoesu" was just laughable. Poorly created and was so painstakingly fake to look at. Especially the scene with the flying monster that flew without moving its wings while being chased, and bumping into, oh-so-obvious toy fighters.
The special effects in "Bicheongoesu" were questionable. The monsters, as mentioned above, looked laughably fake and like the rubber props that they were. And the toys that they used for portraying man-made vehicles was just equally bad.
But there was a certain 1980s charm to the movie, given the hairstyles, the clothes, and the tacky overall feel of the 1980s, so that at least counted for something.
"Bicheongoesu" is not a movie that I would recommend if you enjoy the old "Godzilla" movies. Better stick with the Japanese movies, as they at least knew what they were doing. But "Bicheongoesu" wasn't even bad in a way that it became a fun and enjoyable movie to watch. Nay, it was just plain and downright bad.
My rating of "Bicheongoesu" lands on a generous two out of ten stars.
I must say that it was an overly dramatic title for a not so very dramatic movie. For a kaiju movie made in the mid-1980s, it was strange how poorly it managed to turn out in comparison to the kaiju movies from the 1960s and 1970s from Japan. Yeah, "Bicheongoesu" wasn't exactly a great movie experience.
The storyline was rather mundane, nay, strike that. The storyline was actually boring and unappealing. It was simply too generic and simplistic, and it offered nothing to challenge the viewers. And that made for a rather dull movie experience.
And it didn't help much that the monsters in the movie looked like something that director Jeong-Yong Kim had just walked into the nearest toy store and picked off of a toy shelf. The creature design in "Bicheongoesu" was just laughable. Poorly created and was so painstakingly fake to look at. Especially the scene with the flying monster that flew without moving its wings while being chased, and bumping into, oh-so-obvious toy fighters.
The special effects in "Bicheongoesu" were questionable. The monsters, as mentioned above, looked laughably fake and like the rubber props that they were. And the toys that they used for portraying man-made vehicles was just equally bad.
But there was a certain 1980s charm to the movie, given the hairstyles, the clothes, and the tacky overall feel of the 1980s, so that at least counted for something.
"Bicheongoesu" is not a movie that I would recommend if you enjoy the old "Godzilla" movies. Better stick with the Japanese movies, as they at least knew what they were doing. But "Bicheongoesu" wasn't even bad in a way that it became a fun and enjoyable movie to watch. Nay, it was just plain and downright bad.
My rating of "Bicheongoesu" lands on a generous two out of ten stars.