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Chikyû kogeki meirei: Gojira tai Gaigan (1972)

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Siskoid
Godzilla on Monster Island (a nonsense title) AKA Godzilla vs. Gigan is about an alien conspiracy to take control of the kaiju to destroy the Earth and make it habitable for big cockroaches. Somehow, there's a kaiju theme park involved, and some unlikely heroes like a failed Manga artist and his sister, and a pair of activists one of which is always putting something phallic in his mouth. Not the franchise's best effort, but at least it's not a clip show. Part of the problem for me is the titular monster Gigan. Between the circular saw in his belly and the Cyclops visor, he just doesn't feel real. I guess he's a cyborg or something, but when contrasted with King Gidorah, a favorite, also in this film, he just looks goofy. He's tough though. I don't think I've ever seen gory blood spurts come out of Godzilla before. Pretty violent all told, with lots of explosions all the time, but these get tedious after a while, especially if the human story doesn't hold one's interest, and this one's sluggish at best, badly acted at worst. I like the aliens as a concept though, and they tie into vs. Hedorah in an interesting way at least. 7 years 10 months ago
DareDaniel
didn't care for it 12 years 4 months ago