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Information
- A.k.a.
- Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 88 min.
- Director
- Masaaki Tezuka
- Genres
- Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Family
- Rating *
- 6.8
- Votes *
- 1,425
- Checks
- 241
- Favs
- 15
- Dislikes
- 2
- Favs/checks
- 6.2% (1:16)
- Favs/dislikes
- 8:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
If the previous film (G,MaKG:GMA-OA, to use only its abbreviation) had me punching the air because they got Shûsuke Kaneko to direct, Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and the next one over went back to vs. Megaguirus' Masaaki Tezuka. Uh-oh. Actually, I shouldn't have been so worried. It's pretty decent! It's even fun! Once again, a few tweaks to Godzilla, and of course, a continuity reboot. I don't really get why you have to ignore all appearances beyond the 1954 one if you're going to reference Mothra and The War of the Gargantuas to explain all that kaiju-fighting tech Japan has, but anyway, while I can't quite recommend the CG or Tezuka's video zooms, there's a lot less them than in his previous effort, and they're at least in service of a crazy story in which Mechagodzilla is built around the original GZ's skeleton and piloted by a sympathetic heroine in need of redemption. The film even manages a couple of really cool shots, and puts the sappy epilogue in a post-credit scene so as not to damage the final money shot. Color me surprised! 4 years 4 months ago