Gigan Movies

Godzilla vs. Gigan

For the umpteenth time aliens try to take over Earth, but this time they try to do it with an amusement park with a tower in the shape of Godzilla. This fails. So they go to their backup plan, which is Gigan and King Ghidorah. Meanwhile on Monster Island, Godzilla talks Anguirus into heading to Japan and kicking the two space monsters' butts.

The human element of this film is particularly poor, as it presents us with a cartoonist as the hero, includes some atrocious acting, and forces us to endure even more atrocious wardrobe. The monster action isn't bad, exactly, but by this movie the Godzilla suit in question had been through three outings and pieces of it fly off during some of the battles. Another cause of some disappointment is the fact that most of Ghidorah's scenes are compiled of stock footage from other movies.

Review: Stomp Tokyo.

Godzilla vs. Megalon

Godzilla vs. Megalon has many of the hallmarks of the Godzilla series: a goofy monster against whom Godzilla must fight, a little boy whom we'll call Kenny, and the gullible adults who take little Kenny so seriously that they actually believe his half-baked theories about Godzilla's motives. Unfortunately, it also has the ridiculous Jet Jaguar, an Ultraman-like robot who can not only turn his own artificial intelligence on and off, but can also "program himself in some way to increase in size."

Even that wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the film's underwhelming production values and the fact that it plays out like a toy commercial. Oh yeah, there's some plot or another about the Seatopians, who want to wipe out we surface dwellers, but you'll probably be distracted by the googly-eyed Godzilla suit, which keeps changing shape during footage from the previous film, Godzilla vs Gigan. Let this be one of the last Godzilla movies you watch, so you can hug yourself and think of happier times, when Godzilla movies were something you enjoyed.

Review: Stomp Tokyo.

Zone Fighter [TV Series, 1973]

Alien super heroes, disguised as the race car driving Sakamori family, defend earth from Garonga and his monster army. Zone Fighter was just another Ultraman rip-off, more juvenile than most, but it was produced by Toho. This meant that the TV series could draw from Toho's stable of film monsters, so Godzilla was in five episodes, Gigan appeared in one, and King Ghidorah appeared in another two.

Godzilla: Final Wars

Allegedly the last Godzilla movie for the foreseeable future, Godzilla: Final Wars is a big budget blow-out with Godzilla and twelve other monsters.It was supposed to be in honor of the 50th anniversary of Godzilla (1954) but it's more in line with the 30th anniversary of Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) in terms of goofy tone.

Giant monsters appear all over the world, overwhelming the Earth Defense Forces. Earth's salvation comes in the form of aliens from Planet X, who make all the monsters disappear and warn humanity that an astral body called Gorath is on a collision course with our planet. Are the aliens sincere? Of course not! When the aliens' true motives are uncovered the only force on earth that can stand up to them is Godzilla!

Among the classic monsters appearing (at least briefly) are Anguirus, Ebirah, Gigan, Hedorah, Kamacuras, King Seesar, Kumonga, Manda, Minilla, Mothra, and Rodan. There's also a new monster called Monster X which is revealed to be a new version of King Ghidorah.