We need from you Monster Zero 1 and Monster Zero 2, Godzilla and Rodan.

It's one of those Godzilla movies where you fully understand why some fans of the "Zilla" series positively dislike it. The big atomic lizard is only a bit part player here, and when push comes to shove the monster mayhem is in short supply, which considering we also have Ghidorah and Rodan in the mix is for sure a bit of a waste. Yet this is one of the better sequels from Toho's original wave, it quite literally has all the ingredients that made "Zilla" and the off-shoots so iconic.

We are in live action cartoon territory, a sci-fi story of bonkers proportions yet engrossing all the same. The joyous model work synonymous with the series remains intact, the cardboard sets being obliterated are still fun to watch, and the divisive sight of "Zilla" doing the "shay" dance is in here whether you like it or not. More fun, though, is watching "Zilla" boxing the three headed Ghidorah, now that is comedy gold, if only the moody lizard had gone southpaw a bit earlier then saving the world could have been achieved quicker.

Great fun, could have been better from a monster point of view? Yes, definitely, but this be a nutty fruitcake production from Toho and amen to that. 8/10

==Please note: This review is for the original Japanese subbed version==

And it gets weirder. An obvious inspiration for the film _Mars Attacks!_ as it almost follows the plot points beat for beat.

Godzilla is a good guy. Until he's no longer a good guy. This film is wacky and has very strange moments like the last film. Following the trend of giving the monsters human traits, Godzilla's little dance number was so damn jarring that it took me back as I chuckled at the absurdity of what was on my screen.

This film has an interesting plot, but the monsters are hardly on screen. But, when they are. It's a mad mix of an epic showdown and stupid moments. Like Godzilla's giant leap onto Ghidrah that he can suddenly do. The "X-People" are odd and campy, and their goals are so stupid. The technology is advanced, yet so primitive. Funny to see the 60s try to realize future tech, while also trying to build in an easy weakness. This leads to the ending and it is left open-ended like its predecessor and it still is as painful. Especially since it introduces something as massive as humanoid extraterrestrial life into the series. But then _surprise_ is forgotten about in the next movie, and I assume the rest as well.

As I praised the last film for its leap in set design, miniature scope, and how the destruction felt more real. Here, they take it back to bland open spaces with very little variety in destructible setpieces. But I feel like the greenscreen has been vastly improved.

Overall, campy sci-fi elements meet kid-friendly Godzilla. Weird, wacky, and stupid. It's bad, but not _that_ bad.

**4/10**

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