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After the initial Godzilla entry and King Kong versus Godzilla the Big Green One most often found himself in dreadful exploitation films (Destroy All Monsters excepted) until this 1993 battle royale. Somebody, I think the Sci Fi channel, has recently been running a selection of Godzilla movies without much judgment - avoid Godzilla versus Gigan and Godzilla vs. Megalon like death. Not so this nearly non-stop slugfest - the Big One is looking huge, healthy and mean when a group of scientists steal his egg and Dad comes looking. While it's hard to imagine Rodan as a lead monster, he certainly provides some solid ring work for Godzilla and humans alike (it's a little hard to get a read on exactly where Rodan's sympathy's lie). Our species checks in with a very challenging robot (Mechagodzilla) to take on the Green Guy, it even has a little squeak like the real one. Workable special effects with some impressive city destruction scenes, good acting as these things go, long periods of action, bearable subplots, some traditionally inane dialogue, all the elements align for a very enjoyable monster outing.
score 9/10
RNMorton 18 May 2005
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