Gorosaurus Movies

King Kong Escapes

If you expect the plot of this one to make any sense at all, you're barking up the wrong gorilla. Super-secret government employee Madame X (Mie Hama) has hired Doctor Who (Eisei Amamamoto) -- no, not that Doctor Who -- to procure the rare Element X. Doctor Who's plan to do so involves a giant robot based on sketches of King Kong, a rumored giant ape on the island of Mondo. Unfortunately, the MechaniKong robot can't function under the intense radiation emitted by Element X, so there's another government grant down the tubes.

Like all good (or rather, evil) scientists, Doctor Who has a backup plan -- he'll just hypnotize the real Kong into mining the stuff for him! Of course, it's all going to come down to fisticuffs between Kong and MechaniKong. A mixed Japanese and American cast (the film was produced by Toho and Rankin-Bass) and an actual budget make this one well-funded international fever dream. Supremely entertaining without a shred of dignity.

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Destroy All Monsters

Destroy All Monsters was probably the last great Godzilla movie. In the year 1999, all of the world's monsters have been imprisoned on one island. Aliens release the monsters and demand all governments surrender to them. Earth's scientists release the monsters from alien control, but the aliens retaliate by unleashing King Ghidorah. The climactic monster battle is the most ambitious kaiju scene ever filmed.