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Terror of Mechagodzilla

Terror of Mechagodzilla

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Not bad stuff... but!
Review: As the final Godzilla film in the original series its at least a decent outing. Some people have said this isn't as good as the previous film GodZ vs. MechagodZ!!?? I must say they are either totally blind or they love the REALLY awful Godzilla stuff. This film is at last an "adult" film with a serious plot and a serious attempt to make a decent film. The last one with King Seesar (the STUPIDEST monster yet!!) is just an AWFUL Ultraman piece of trash. This time they edit that film down not unlike the first Mad Max film was edited down to a few moments in the beginning of the Road Warrior (mercifully removing King Stupid) and tightening up the whole plot. Several campy laugh out loud stuff and some cool sci fi material make this a worth while see. How ever for about ten minutes or more the sound turns to crap in the sony dub and nobody bothered to fix it! How could you not notice the dump in sound? Tracking problems that was never corrected. Really irritating. But once that self corrects all is well. Pretty good if found cheap!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The last of the Showa Series
Review: This is just as good as Godzilla vs. mechagodzilla. this one has better effects, better fighting, and has a better story. i loved this one since i was five years old. If your a real monster fan you should consider buying this for your collection.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Only half the movie!!!
Review: This final entry in the original Godzilla series is, in the original form, one of the better 70,s sequels. I read the other reviews saying that this film had a confusing story, and that it was just TRYING to be more serious than its predecessors, and no wonder. This dvd version is missing about 20 minutes of the original film. Several important scenes have been cut out, damaging the story. I have read that this was an edited version that played to the kiddies in matinees back in the day, and indeed all the missing scenes are the darker and more violent parts of the story. And worst of all, the very cool "history of Godzilla" intro is missing! This dvd is okay for the price, and if you are just buying for the kids. But if you are a serious fan, search for the complete version, this one will be a big dissapointment.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Mechagodzilla returns
Review: This is the explosive sequel to godzilla versus Mechagodzilla. A few years have past since godzila and King Sesar defeated Mechagodzilla. The evil Simmons have return and rebuilt mech Godzilla. They have team ed up with a mad Dr. MFoney who has mangaged to control Titanosaurus.

A giant power dinosaur who somehow survivved when the metor struck earth. Together with Mechagodzilla the unlesh atrail of destruction on Tokeyo. Godzilla must do battle against his cyber counter Part.

Mechagodzilla weapons have been upgraded he nowe has revolving missle. He is controlled by Myfuna cyborg daughther. If you like this I recomend Godzilla Versus Mechgodzila, Godzilla versus Mecha godzila 2 and Godzilla against Mechagodzilla

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: a small cameo by Godzilla in a BORING movie
Review: I can't believe how boring this movie is. Right off the bat, you should know that Godzilla isn't the star of this movie. With that out of the way, you should prepare yourself for a typical sci-fi flick, because Godzilla is hardly in this movie.

The Human Scenes are, for the most part, serious. The only humour to be found is in the way the aliens dress up (dark sunglasses, large helmets with horns, white sneakers, etc). Also, the way they laugh is somewhat funny. Apart from that, this is a serious movie. And it's not very engaging. It's actually quite boring.

The Monster Scenes are seriously lacking. Sure, the movie opens up with recycled highlights from the previous movie "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla," but after that, Godzilla doesn't appear until the 46th minute. Well, actually, he only appears for the 2 minutes there because the other monster withdraws. So, we don't really see Godzilla until the 55th minute to be sure. Until that moment, you see a few scenes of Titanosaurus not doing too much. Oh, did I tell you that Mechagodzilla does NOTHING until the 55th minute? So until the end of the movie, you're left with boring Human Scenes that don't exactly entertain the audience between Monster Scenes.

To be fair, the climactic fight (the ONLY fight actually) that begins on minute 55 is quite decent. Also, it lasts until the 77th minute. Still, this doesn't make-up for the lack of Monster Action throughout the movie's duration.

[The Monster Scenes during the movie consist of Monster vs. Monster, Monster vs. Alien/Mankind, and Monster Trashing City]

In any case, the Human Scenes don't flow very well with the Monster Scenes. And Godzilla seems to be thrown into the movie from 'out of the blue' - very poor integration of the main character.

Make no mistake: the climactic battle is decent, but that's really the only Monster Action you see throughout the entire movie. And let me just stress the fact that Godzilla doesn't even feel like a real player in this movie. They really did a poor job integrating Godzilla into this movie which is supposedly a sequel to "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla." This movie is ultimately boring, and not worth a repeat viewing.

This is not a fun Godzilla movie.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Forgettable Godzilla Movie
Review: "The Terror of MechaGodzilla" is a very forgettable Godzilla movie that unfortunately marked the last appearance of Godzilla in the original series (which lasted from 1954 to 1975). Like most Godzilla movies from the 1970s, the story has something to do with an alien invasion. It also involves a prehistoric dinosaur called "Titanosaurus" rampaging around Tokyo. MechaGodzilla, Godzilla's mechanical clone, comes along for the ride, this time being controlled by the aliens.
The alien invasion story in this movie is simply not interesting, engaging, or funny. Mostly, it's just boring. The monster action is curiously kept to a minumum, and besides the opening credits (which are mostly stock footage from the previous entry, "Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla"), Godzilla himself doesn't show up until the 47 minute mark.
The DVD is unfortunately not presented in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio. It is shown in a severely cropped 1.33:1 version. The picture is quite scratchy with muted colours, although I must confess, it was a bit better than I expected it to be. The only special feature is a preview for the "Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters" video game, but that isn't particularly special if you ask me.


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