Gojira vs. Mekagojira

Plot synopsis:
Strange events are taking place in Okinawa. An Azumi priestess has a terrifying vision of a city being destroyed by a giant monster. A type of metal not found on earth is discovered in a cave by a spelunker, Masahiko Shimizu, who takes it to Professor Miyajima for examination. An excavation led by Masahiko's brother Keisuke accidentally uncovers a chamber filled with ancient artifacts and a mural bearing an ominous prophecy: "When a black mountain appears above the clouds, a huge monster will arise and try to destroy the world; but then, when the red moon sets and the sun rises in the west, two more shall appear to save humanity." Keisuke is joined by archaeologist Saeko Kaneshiro, who translates the prophecy and takes one of the artefacts, bearing the likeness of the legendary monster King Caesar, to study. Two men stalk them, one who speaks to them and claims to be a reporter interested in the story, the other of whom attempts to steal the statue from them but fails and flees.
Before long, the first sign appears in the form of a black cloud that looks like a mountain. Godzilla (or so it seems) emerges from Mount Fuji and begins a destructive rampage, despite the fact that it has become tolerant of humans within the last few years. Anguirus, usually Godzilla's ally, confronts it only to be nearly killed and forced to retreat, but not before inflicting a wound that exposes something shiny and metallic beneath Godzilla's skin. Keisuke arrives shortly after to make sure that his brother and the professor are out of harm's way and discovers another sample of the strange metal. Godzilla's rampage continues, at a refinery, until another Godzilla arrives out a factory building and begins to fight the other Godzilla. After a brief battle, the challenger is revealed to be the true Godzilla, while the other turns out to be Mechagodzilla, a massive robot armed with advanced weaponry in pseudo disguise as Godzilla. After MechaGodzilla's disguise is intentionally burnt off, the two battle. Causing the real Godzilla to be severely wounded but inflicts some damage on the machine; both monsters retreat hastily. Miyajima hypothesizes, based on MechaGodzilla's advanced technology and composition of unearthly metals, that the robot is an alien super weapon.
Keisuke and Saeko take the statue of King Caesar back to the temple by cruise ship, but are confronted by the thief once again. During the fight, the stranger's head is wounded and the skin on half of his face melts away to reveal an apelike visage. The intruder attempts to kill Keisuke and nearly succeeds, but a bullet from an unseen gunman kills him and propels him overboard. Keisuke and Saeko catch a brief glimpse of the "reporter" once again. Meanwhile, Godzilla arrives on Monster Island during a thunderstorm and is struck by lightning multiple times, seemingly reinvigorated.
Masahiko, Miyajima and his daughter Ikuko go to explore the cave where the metal was first found and are captured by the apelike aliens of the Third Planet from the Black Hole, who plan to use MechaGodzilla to conquer Earth. Their leader, Kuronuma, forces Miyajima to repair the robot. While Saeko checks into a hotel and guards the statue, Keisuke goes to meet his brother at the caves and instead encounters the reporter, who explains that his name is Nanbara and he is actually an Interpol agent who has been tracking the aliens and believed Keisuke to be connected to them. Nanbara and Keisuke infiltrate the alien base and free the prisoners. The team then splits up, with Miyajima, Nanbara, and Masahiko returning to the alien base and deliberately getting recaptured by Kuronuma, while Keisuke and Ikuko pick up Saeko and the statue from the hotel.
In the early hours of the morning, a lunar eclipse results in a red moon and a mirage creates the illusion of the sun rising in the west. The team realizes that the time has come to awaken King Caesar. They meet with the Azumi priestess and her grandfather, and place the statue on a platform in the temple, revealing the monster's resting place. However, just then, Kuronuma dispatches MechaGodzilla. The priestess sings a hymn that awakens King Caesar, and Godzilla appears shortly afterwards. King Caesar and Godzilla fight together, but they are no match for MechaGodzilla's vast array of weapons. Eventually, Godzilla uses the electricity stored in its body from the lightning to create a magnetic field that ensnares the robot, then removes its head, shutting off its controls. While the mortified aliens are distracted, Nanbara and the others free themselves, kill their captors, and sabotage the base, fleeing as it burns and collapses on itself. With the enemy defeated, Godzilla heads out to sea and King Caesar returns to its resting place while the heroes rejoice.

Tags: paranormal

Review:
Godzilla has a really busy time again: fighting the winged Radon, trashing a huge tin can named Mechagodzilla, and looking for his baby.
One novelty in the 90s Godzilla movies is the creation of a special group of experts called `G Force' who try not to let Godzilla wreck Japan as badly again as he did in the 60s.
First King Ghidorah, then Mothra, and now not one but three classic characters: Baby Godzilla, Rodan, and, of course, Mechagodzilla.
Plot: By reverse-engineering futuristic technology from the remains of Mecha-King Ghidorah, the Japanese government creates what they believe is the ultimate anti-Godzilla weapon: Mechagodzilla!
With this baby hatched, both Godzilla and Rodan are out to retrieve it as their own and Mechagodzilla is sent in to take them both out.
Human characters are at least likable, from the scientists to Miki Saegusa, the psychic who empathizes Godzilla and his son.My only complaint seems to be Mechagodzilla being a little too powerful like in his first movie.
It has everything you'd expect in a film like this: great action, wonderful music, character development, and, of course, lots of explosions.
Mechagodzilla is one of the best "kaiju" (giant monster) films ever made and is an action-packed, exciting film in general.
For the price of admission, you get Godzilla, the updated version of Rodan, the new and improved MechaGodzilla and the introduction of Baby Godzilla.
This is the best Godzilla movie since Destroy All Monsters.
Mechagodzilla, Baby Godzilla and Rodan all look great; way better than their Showa series counterparts.
Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla is another Hesei Film that reintroduces some classic Godzilla Monsters.
Overall it is a great action packed film with a great story as well.A new weopon is created, Mechagodzilla, to battle Godzilla.
I like how Godzilla gets to be the bad guy and Mechagodzilla is the good guy.
Definitely one of the most powerful monsters ever in a Godzilla film.Rodan gets to show up too, another great monster.
So Rodan gets in a lot of good action and is a great addition to the film.Also a baby godzilla is in this film.
Unlike Minya from the Showa Series this baby is not just a joke and it actually looks like Godzilla.Monster action is in abundance.
Though no new monsters were introduced, this movie brought back Godzilla and updated versions of Rodan, Mechagodzilla and the Son of Godzilla.
However, she was forced to be among the crew in Mechagodzilla so she can use her psychic powers to locate Godzilla's secondary brain and destroy it.
This film has a plain plot, but the excessive scenes of the monsters and the colorful characters made this an enjoyable movie.
When you watch his film closely, you could catch a brief scan of Tokyo Disneyland when Rodan flies over it (it is notable that Tokyo Disneyland opened in 1983 and this movie was released in 1993, marking 10 years of the theme park's anniversary).
Mechagodzilla, Rodan, Godzilla, and Baby Godzilla all look great and they look realistic as possible.
The egg ends up being a baby Godzilla and scientist stupidly bring it into a city and of course not only does Godzilla come for it, but so does Radon.
MechaGodzilla though pretty much tears Godzilla apart in their first meeting using its various weapons (I was disappointed when it did not have its finger missiles like the one from the earlier movies), unfortunately it malfunctions and it can not continue the fight.
We have a little Godzillasaurus, and momma is coming for her baby, flattening everything in the way.After Godzilla leaves empty handed, the G-Force is to use the baby inside their new Mechagodzilla to attract Godzilla and Radon.I have to say that things have really gotten futuristic in the almost twenty years of Godzilla.G-Force's new Mechagodzilla is clearly the eye-catcher in this film, and he is really well done.
He can shoot great beams out of his mouth like his role model, and when he launches his rocket nozzles and takes off, then we rally get the testosterone raised as we would love to be the pilot of this giant beast.This is definitely one of the most successful films of the Godzilla series..
For one it features the return of many favorites including MechaGodzilla (bigger and badder than ever), Rodan (although he is called "Radon" which is his Japanese name) Baby Godzilla (who could kick Minya's @$$ in 5 seconds) and Godzilla (who who could kick the Tristar Godzilla's @$$ in about 1 second!).
The story has characters that you care about, the effects are wonderful, the fight scenes are great, Rodan looks really cool as Fire Rodan, Garuda and MechaGodzilla are really awesome, and the dubbing matches 75% of the time!
Godzilla and Rodan go to Kyoto to find baby but instead find a huge battle with MechaGodzilla.
This film proves what I suspected all along - Godzilla is a female.As the movie opens, Godzilla and her recently divorced mate Rodan are engaged in a rather ugly custody battle over the unhatched egg of their daughter, Baby.
Gigan.Anyway, a group of human scientists (from Japan, the center of the universe in Godzilla films) offer Baby a foster-home in Kyoto.
Tired of the shouting and fisticuffs between her parents, she accepts.Godzilla knocks Rodan for a loop (not keeping up on his alimony, I suspect) and walks all over him (typical female); then, since she's not literate enough to write "Dear Abby", and not social enough to hire a lawyer (assuming one can call hiring a lawyer a "social" act), she wanders off the trailer-camp to search for her blood kin.Meanwhile some loopy scientists build a big rubber-"love"doll for Rodan, but worried he might get angry and start spitting fire at them, they coat it with metal and diamonds.However, when Rodan shows up, he's furious that the humans would try to foist this gaudy 'ho on him, and he's not at all happy with the foster home being made out of plastic model buildings, so he lights a doobie and smokes most of Kyoto with the fumes.
However, the Super-Godzilla "love"doll has some sex-toys rodan's never played with before, including a hunka plasma energy shot straight for the heart - Rodan looks down for the count, and Baby may just end up in a bawdy house, or, worse, a spinster in a convent.
The script is silly, the cast is in top form, the special effects are groovy - Rodan not only looks better in this film than he has in the old series, but better than his brief appearance in the later "Final Wars.
The story is very good and I really love the way Godzilla looks in this film.
After the initial Godzilla entry and King Kong versus Godzilla the Big Green One most often found himself in dreadful exploitation films (Destroy All Monsters excepted) until this 1993 battle royale.
Workable special effects with some impressive city destruction scenes, good acting as these things go, long periods of action, bearable subplots, some traditionally inane dialogue, all the elements align for a very enjoyable monster outing..
There have been dozens of giant monster movies made since Godzilla first appeared.
This movie is one of the true classics of the genre, all nations considered.The plot is simple: Godzilla attacks Japan when an egg carrying his offspring is taken by scientists.
The rest of the music is fitting as well (Ifukube brings back the theme that he used in Ghidrah and Monster Zero).Overall, a highly entertaining entry in not only the Godzilla series, but the kaiju movie as a whole.
The Japanese getting tired of their cities getting destroyed by Godzilla have decided to build their own mechanical state of the art monster called Mechagodzilla and he's got weaponry like a Power Ranger Zord.
Here production company Toho bring back Mechagodzilla, Rodan and sadly - they birth Baby Godzilla.
I love the baby Godzilla in this film.
maybe not the best but the most action packed Godzilla film.
Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla is regarded by many as the best Godzilla film in the 'Heisei' series,and it's easy to see why,with it's non-stop action,revivals of three of the 'Showa' series monsters and huge amount of monster footage.
No leisurely build up here-we are plunged almost immediately into the action,and it than never lets up apart from a brief slowing down in the middle.This was Godzilla's 40th anniversary film,and so it is rife with scenes from Showa Godzilla films copied,including even certain shots-for instance,Godzilla attacking an oil refinary from the original Godzilla Vs Mothra,or Rodan knocking down Godzilla from Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster,there's a terrific knowingness to this film.
The plot here is very simple but effective in it's simplicity,and Akira Ifikube's score is simply wonderful,his best ever for a Godzilla film,full of memorable themes and often amazingly poignant.The film is let down a little by it's monsters-the new baby Godzilla is great and far better than 'Minya' from the 'Showa' series,but Rodan and Mechagodzilla look inferior to their predecessors.
It's difficult to say if this is better than the previous two films,it lacks the wild and crazy story of Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah or the sense of wonder and eye candy of Godzilla vs Mothra,but if you just want monsters on the rampage and battling it out,this one delivers wonderfully,and most Godzilla fans want little more than that..
The best thing about this film is its numerous all out, down and dirty giant monster battles with the likes of Fire Rodan, Godzilla and Super MechaGodzilla!
With an endearing and engaging story revolving around Godzilla and BabyGodzilla (this film's script is very well-written and one of the most solid in the franchise), quite memorable and likeable human characters with distinct personality traits, spectacular, practically flawless special effects, very entertaining, excitingly-directed fights, great acting, excellent pacing (easily the most entertaining Godzilla film of its era, with tons of exciting fights and monster screen time that is very well-spaced out), and a brilliant musical score by Akira Ifukube, Godzilla vs.
Mechagodzilla II (1993, 20th film in the franchise) is not a sequel to "Godzilla vs.
Mechagodzilla" (1974) or "Terror of Mechagodzilla" (1975) and the fact that there has already been a gigantic robotic version of Godzilla seems to have been lost to the kaiju amnesia that affects Japan every decade or so (Rodan, on the other hand, is remembered by name).
The special effects, which includes traditional suit-mation/puppetry and early CGI, looks pretty good, with an excellent Godzilla suit and some outstanding miniature work.
The film also features the 'Garuda', another in a line of highly improbable looking flying-tanks sent against the monsters, which in keeping with the 'transforming mecha' trend popular in the '90s, can attach to the Mechagodzilla to create a "Supermechagodzilla'.
The battle scenes are good, as is the music, and, if you are the correct demographic (which I am not), you can coo over the baby Godzilla.
The part at the end where the woman is saying goodbye to Baby Godzilla, sounds a bit like the love music from KING KONG ESCAPES), plus he palye up some original music.
The robot monster made a comeback in 2002 with GODZILLA X MECHAGODZILLA.
I mean yeah, there's some good monster action, and the young Godzilla makes it a little more fun to watch.
This lacks even that.From undeveloped ideas (the loosely soldier-psi girl-scientist's daughter love triangle to start with) to Mr. Lame pretending to be Green Goblin for several minutes to such details that Godzilla destroys some electric cables just because every G-movie has to at some point but when the camera angle changes there is no damage, this piece of cinematography is an insult on every level.Heck, I was even bored by the action.
But instead of making me worried for property-damage, cost of lives, whether the citizens can escape in time, whether they'll be able to divert the rampage before something famous like the Tokyo Tower gets destroyed, I just waved this away lazily with the thought "ye, that looks cool" like an insomniac at 2 AM high on marijuana while his apartment gets on fire.The reviewers usually give The Worst G-movie title to Godzilla vs Megalon (not counting All Monster Attack), but they are strongly mistaken.
The plot was somewhat weired with birth of baby Godzilla, and strange version of Rodan appearing which didn't fit in with the overall story, but I'll accept it as usual Godzilla story ploy to bring in more ????
City-stomping mayhem from Godzilla, with Rodan, a robot, and a baby to boot.
GODZILLA VS MECHAGODZILLA II sees the Japanese kaiju franchise continuing on a strong footing, with plenty of elements designed to make this a fun instalment in the series.
There's Godzilla, back and meaner than ever; Rodan makes a fitting appearance in the film and is the best thing in it; Baby Godzilla appears and overloads the cuteness factor; finally, in Mechagodzilla, we see a human-piloted machine worthy to rival those in PACIFIC RIM.The storyline is a complex one as ever, although it doesn't quite hang together the way some earlier films did.
The egg theft attracts some attention from both Godzilla and the mutated pteranodon Rodan, and Mechagodzilla will be put to the test as it fights to defend Japan against the two deadly, irradiated beasts.I was excited from the very beginning when the film's first line of dialogue, "At last, now we have it: a weapon to kill Godzilla" was spoken with absolute seriousness.
Godzilla actually looks pretty awesome, but Rodan doesn't fare as well.
Good Fun. The United Nations assembles the ultimate weapon to defeat Godzilla, while scientists discover a fresh pteranodon egg on a remote Japanese island.Godzilla scholar Ed Godziszewski wrote that "of all the films of the (Heisei era), Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla II represents Toho's most technically and artistically successful effort." He would know better than I would, so I will just have to go along with that.Overall, this was one of the more polished Godzilla films I have seen, and with plenty of action.
Godzilla is no doubt the star and he probably gets the most screen time than in any other Heisei film.
Both sounded great, as well as the revamped JSDF march.With a great story, incredible monsters and bad ass fights, with nice human characters as well, this G-film is one of my all-time favorites.
And this film marks the return of three classic giant Japanese monsters who haven't been seen since Godzilla's earlier first-generation Showa-Era adventures.
Two years later, they come up with the cyborg-monster Mechagodzilla.Now if you remember, kiddies, the last time Mechagodzilla appeared in a "Godzilla" film, was 1975's "Terror of Mechagodzilla" (direct sequel to 1974's "Godzilla vs.
Mechagodzilla II" is a strange title for this movie since it is not technically a sequel to any of the films ("Godzilla vs.
Mechagodzilla" and "Terror of Mechagodzilla," remember) produced during the Showa Era. It is, instead, a follow-up to the previous film, "Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth" (1992).
Mechagodzilla II" is definitely one of the better films to come out during this time, and with good reason.What makes this film so special, I think, is that it injects some much-needed "cuteness" into the kaiju-style proceedings, which is something that hasn't been done in a while.
Because that is what Baby Godzilla gets out of you, even for those film critics who may not have been issued hearts at birth.
And the film's ending still pulls at your heartstrings because Baby has become attached to his surrogate mother Azusa Gojo, and vice-versa, but they both know where he ultimately belongs - with his father - which will be good for both him and the rest of humanity, as a whole."Godzilla vs.
It also provides some stellar kaiju battles between two warring parental figures - Godzilla and Rodan - and the violent intervention of a third monster, Godzilla's cyborg doppelganger, Mechagodzilla.
good monster movie with a plot.
it aims at a ticker plot by adding baby godzilla (i like this much better than minilla ), raised in a laboratory after his egg has been stolen from...fire rodan the flying dinosaur, who obviously thought it was his!
Off and on throughout the movie, I dozed off and probably missed some crucial plot points.I stayed awake long enough to learn that the latest Mechagodzilla incarnation originated from a Japanese organization called G-Force (with a sleek United Nations-like logo) whose sole aim is to destroy Godzilla.
I remember G-Force using the frightened "Baby" as bait for - Godzilla and maybe Rodan, I guess.
The movie earns 5 stars for the Godzilla fight action.
There's a lot of good monster fighting.The rest of the movie is crap.
But despite the egg being covered by the plants, and apparently Godzilla's and Rodan's island covered with them, baby G and Rodan don't get empowered by the song until some weird psychic kids sing it.Mechagodzilla is much better as an enemy controlled by evil villains than as a weapon people use to fight Godzilla.
By far one of if not the best of the Godzilla Films..
Unlike the last film, it is generally agreed upon that Toho knew they wanted a Mechagodzilla movie for their 1993 G flick.
True to its action-packed form, there are plenty of monsters in the movie.Godzilla maintains his good looks yet again, but now he's got a baby.
Rodan makes a comeback for this movie, and he looks pretty good.
At least it was an improvement over the last two films, if nothing else (lack of pacing issues makes this one so much better).As an aside, one of the qualms I have with the movie is Baby Godzilla.
Even when Godzilla walks up to Baby Godzilla at the end of the movie, it looks way too small.
Plus, the name might draw a false relationship to Godzilla's original form, the 1944 Godzillasaurus.This film would probably only get like a 4.5/10 from me, but the monster action saves the day somewhat, so 6/10 it is.