Godzilla vs. Megalon
“Dreaded Megalon from the undersea kingdom! A miraculous deathblow from the wound-ridden Godzilla!”
Premium Crap. CrapScore 75, rated by 1 admin.
Higher CrapScores mean more entertainingly bad. How we score movies.
An undersea civilisation steals a robot and sends Megalon against the surface world. Jet Jaguar and Godzilla eventually turn the crisis into a tag-team monster event. Jun Fukuda's refusal to treat the spectacle solemnly is central to its infectious, childlike appeal.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 5.5/10
- Plot
- 9.5/10
- Effects
- 6/10
- Dialogue
- 7.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 9/10
“The surface-world dispute has escalated into a giant tag-team bout.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 75
Synopsis and movie facts
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. Oh and Godzilla is there to
- Released
- 1973
- Directed by
- Jun Fukuda
- Running time
- 78 min
- Original title
- ゴジラ対メガロ
Starring
- Katsuhiko Sasaki as Inventor Goro Ibuki
- Yutaka Hayashi as Hiroshi Jinkawa
- Hiroyuki Kawase as Rokuro 'Roku-chan' Ibuki
- Kanta Mori as Japan Special Defense Forces Chief
- Kotaro Tomita as Lead Seatopian Agent
- Ulf Otsuki as Seatopian Agent
- Sakyo Mikami as Truck Driver's Assistant
- Fumiyo Ikeda as Man from Unit 1
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 39264.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review finds Fukuda's unserious approach especially entertaining within the Jet Jaguar and Megalon matchup.
Make this part of a movie night
Comments 0
Log in to join the conversation.
No comments yet. Somebody has to go first.