Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)

Space Godzilla is what you get if Godzilla and Mothra had a baby. Not really, but it makes about as much sense as Space Godzilla's origin story.

Even for a Godzilla movie, you have to leave your rational mind at the front door to enjoy this story. Either when Godzilla was battling Biollante or Mothra in a previous movie, his G cells made it into space, ended up in a black hole (whole other set of problems if a black hole is that close to Earth), collided with crystals, star making stuff, and maybe some space pollution to create a Godzilla that has powered up crystals on his back, can fly and can summon these powerful destructive crystals from the ground. Space Godzilla is fueled by rage and destructive tendencies even taking his anger out on Baby Godzilla. A mistake to be sure, because that brings Godzilla into the fight. Initially beaten by SG, we all know Big G needs his nose bloodied and to get angry before the climatic fight. Suffice it to say, eventually Godzilla, Space Godzilla, and the successor to Mechagodzilla II-Moguera meet up for a royal rumble.

The humans are at least a fairly entertaining group. Major Yuki is obsessed with destroying Godzilla after his best friend was killed in a previous encounter with the beast. His friend's sister is a scientist working on controlling Big G telepathically. Miki, the telepathic scientist from several Godzilla movies is back, and her powers have grown. My biggest complaint is that she isn't a very strong actress, probably the weakest in the cast. Her love interest and his comedic side kick round out the G Force team.

As a Mothra fan I was happy to at least see her in the opening, and her besties-the Cosmos-visited Miki several times as well as Fairy Mothra.

The big battles were well done and there were some good overlays to convey the size of the monsters. This mechanical Godzilla felt almost like a Transformer in that it could change shape, fly, walk upright, and burrow into the ground. Space Godzilla was a worthy adversary for Godzilla and he learned why you don't stomp around in Big G's territory and challenge him.

At the end, they tried to throw a moral of the story in, something about the danger of space pollution-truly out of place for this mindlessly fun film. Not a great movie by any stretch, but for fans of Godzilla it was entertaining if you didn't think about it too hard.

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