Just when you thought the
Japs couldn't possibly make a more silly alien invaders story than the one in
Monster Zero, they did. The worst part is, they seemed to have majorly ripped
off the original Planet of the Apes. The aliens are disguised as humans
with some sort of image inducer that fades ounce they are dead, revealing
butt-ugly gorillas beneath. The usual human heroes...people who come out of
nowhere and get tangled in the action...team with a hippie Interpol agent
who swears a little bit and has really good aim with a sidearm. The aliens
have created the first ever Godzilla clone, a mechanical monstrosity called
Mechagodzilla.
The thing has a definite edge over the Big Guy,
knocking him out of Tokyo Bay with a funny collection of missiles, rays, and
karate moves. Has Godzilla met a foe more unbeatable than King Kong? Aw, don't
worry about it. He gets hooked up with a big doggy monster named Sheeser (who
in my opinion looks like Fozzy Bear on steroids) and to boot gets struck
repeatedly by lightning, making him magnified and capable of bringing the
robot to its shining knees.
Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the odds of
getting hit by lightning like a million to one? Or because Godzilla is so big,
is it more like 50/50? Either way, he gets zapped enough times to make a Texas
inmate look healthy, and he carries the victory in what has got to be one of
the most Power Ranger-like episodes in Big-G history. This one is fun enough,
better than its predecessor Megalon anyway, but very bad specials and ungodly
bad music make it hard to sit through seriously. About the coolest thing was
when Anguirus showed up, realized that Mechagodzilla (disguised in a rubber
Godzilla skin) was an imposter and tried to beat the programming out of him.
Unfortunately he gets his jaw broken...ew...
Though it probably doesn't deserve it, two of five.
