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Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)

Directed by Jun Fukuda

Action | Science Fiction

Most recently watched by sleestakk, zombiefreak, Javitron

Overview

Inventor Goro Ibuki creates a humanoid robot named Jet Jaguar. It is soon seized by an undersea race of people called the Seatopians. Using Jet Jaguar as a guide, the Seatopians send Megalon as vengeance for the nuclear tests that have devastated their society.

Rated G | Length 82 minutes

Actors

Katsuhiko Sasaki | Hiroyuki Kawase | Yutaka Hayashi | Robert Dunham | Kotaro Tomita | Ulf Otsuki | Gentaro Nakajima | Sakyo Mikami | Fumiyo Ikeda | Kanta Mori | Rolf Jessup | Eisuke Nakanishi | Shinji Takagi | Hideto Odachi | Tsugutoshi Komada | Kenpachirô Satsuma

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
04/12/2020Home TheaterBlu-rayOwned6.5 stars
11/16/2012TVDVDBorrowed7.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

The frustrating thing about some of these late Showa-era films is they could be so much better if they’d had better budgets. Megalon and Jet Jaguar are both interesting but really don’t get enough to do. Plenty of stock destruction footage abounds so we never get to see Megalon physically stomping much at all.

All that being said there’s still fun to be had here. The four way battle between Gigan, Megalon, Jet Jaguar and Godzilla is crazy and fun. The dam destruction scene is great!

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