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A Masterpiece!

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

In this militaristic revision of Japan's troubled history with kaiju, Godzilla attacked once before, in 1954, and was defeated by Serizawa's oxygen destroyer. Other monsters have since attacked (Mothra and Gaira ("War of the Gargantuas", 1966)) and Japan's response to each attack is to develop newer, more powerful weapons. Now Godzilla has returned and a new weapon is needed, so tissue from the original Godzilla's skeleton is incorporated into a giant mecha to create a cybernetic "Mechagodzilla" (that this is the third incarnation of a "Mechagodzilla" is not part of this film's alternative history). Similar to the previous films in the millennium-series, Godzilla is a simply rampaging monster that needs to be destroyed (the concept that he's just a misunderstood dad, or that he is our guardian, or that he is our friend was (fortunately) put aside for this series). "Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla" (number 27 in the canon) is a pretty typical Godzilla outing. There is some backstory about the cyborg expert Tokumitsu Yuhara (Shin Takuma ) who is brought in to help design Mechagodzilla and his daughter Sara (Kana Onodera, she's OK - kids in Godzilla movies just keep getting less annoying) as well as Akane Yashiro (Yumiko Shaku), a Mechagodzilla operator with a personal vendetta against the big guy, all of which exists simply as a scaffold to support the kaiju scenes. Both Godzilla and his cyborg doppelganger look pretty good, especially when trashing cities, as do the "White Heron" transport/command and control aircraft. I always thought the mechagodzillas looked silly when flying, so was pleased to see this one being towed into battle (later it turns out that it can fly, and, once again, looks silly doing so). The battle scenes are a mixed bag - despite having the ultimate Godzilla weapon installed in the mecha's chest, the crew seem obligated to fire numerous useless cannon, missiles, ray guns, etc. before activating the 'absolute zero' canon. The battling colossi look OK when grappling or blasting each other with death-rays, but the scenes where Mechagodzilla jumps over Godzilla or spins him around by his tail look 'fake' in comparison and detract from the overall quality of the brawls. The film's score is also a mixed bag, with some good (and familiar) themes mixed in with the grating 'fanfare' music that accompanies shots of Mechagodzilla. Acting (including English subtitling in my version) is on par with other film's in the series (although I got tired of Yumiko Shaku 's po-faced Akane and her heroic pose at the film's close was pretty trite). While neither as imaginative or well-executed as 2000's "G. vs Megaguirus") or as off-beat as 2001's "Giant Monsters All-Out Attack", this latest version of Godzilla fighting his robotic-self is an entertaining enough entry into the long running daikaiju franchise.

The government of Japan has created the ultimate weapon against "Godzilla" (Tsutomu Kitagawa), a cyborg built using advanced DNA technology, with the remains of the original "Godzilla" killed after its attack in 1954 (a reference to the original movie) found on the Pacific Ocean floor. The cyborg, called "Kiryu" (Hirofumi Ishigaki), had missiles, and a ray that froze whatever it struck.Like most movies in the series, this one has strengths and weaknesses.The special effects are pretty much a plus in this movie. Despite the movie being 11 years old now, the special effects have pretty much held up. Green screen effects don't stand out that bad for most of the time, but it does briefly a few times. The arsenal of "Kiryu" are pretty believable special effects, including the launching sequence of the "absolute zero" ray. "Godzilla" itself looks a lot bulkier than previous versions, but pretty realistic.The score of the movie is pretty good, but not really memorable. It helped enhance the fight scenes pretty well, without overwhelming them.One big problem with the story was, as usual for a "Godzilla" movie, the human cast plot lines. We get to see no more than motive to destroy the beast, but not much else when it comes to character development. Their interaction with each other is pretty good though, but their relationships aren't really expanded on."Godzilla" itself never really appeared as a threat to the Japanese population, which was nothing more than collateral damage. "Godzilla" was much more focused on his enemy, "Kiryu" than the people whose nuclear advancements created it. "Godzilla" basically ignored any part of Japan it stomped through. It also barely put up a fight against "Kiryu", and appeared fairly weak for the one with top billing.Overall, this is not a great "Godzilla" film, but fans of the series will find it no more than acceptable. If you never seen one of the movies, don't start with this one.

This is a classic monster movie as it is supposed to be. SFX are definitely 2000ish and show no big shortcomings. As well, this movie is about monsters levelling cities, or men in suit levelling cartonbox cities: pure&simple. The character development is left to a minimum, but we don't miss it. Other monster movies try to thicken the plot with poor results: here they keep it low profile. There are not many subplots (unlike say Final Wars ) and that makes it less cluttered. Fights are very good and this time Kiryu can actually beat the hell out of Godzilla. Kiryu is no less than some cyborg engineered from the 1954 Godzilla cells & built around that skeleton by a scientist who could syntetize trilobites out of fossil cells i guess. There is the subplot about the scientist & his child daughter still mourning her mother's loss; there is the army girl outcast after a mistake of hers triggers the death of other soldiers, but it's pretty much all there.

After the terrific, thrilling Godzilla Vs Megeguirus and the interesting but very muddled [and extremely over rated!]Godzilla,Mothra,King Ghidorah,Monster's All Out Attack,this latest version of Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla falls between the two.It's disappointing that Toho decided to remake this yet again only ten years after the last version,and there is indeed a distinct lack of originality in this one,which in some ways like an early 60s period Godzilla film with better special effects. However,director Masaaki Tezuka [who also directed Godzilla Vs Megagiurus],unlike Shuseke Kaneko,has respect for Godzilla and Godzilla fans and just sets out to create a fun,unpretentious Godzilla film,and there's nothing wrong with that.The plot is of little interest,but does bring back some of the themes [artificial life vs real life,for example] of the 1993 Godzilla Vs Mehagodzilla,small surprise as it has the same writer. Godzilla seems even more characterless and lethargic than usual for the Millenium series here,but the latest incarnation of Mechagodzilla looks by far the best. Tezuka provides some terrific shots and camera angles for the two monsters,especially in the great scene where an out of control Mechagodzilla goes on the rampage,and the final battle,lively,exciting and funny but not overly so, proves again he is the best director of monster battles since Inoshiro Honda. Toho almost appears to have sorted out their CGI,too,with some impressive effects both traditional and computerised. Amidst all this the human drama is quite touching even if,as is often the case,it's just filler inbetween the monster scenes.Fun,fast and furious,Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla is Godzilla done by the book,and that's just fine and dandy.