Terror of Mechagodzilla (メカゴジラの逆襲, Mekagojira no Gyakushū, lit. ’Mechagodzilla’s Counterattack’) is a 1975 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda (his final film as a director), written by Yukiko Takayama, and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka and Henry G. Saperstein, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. Distributed by Toho and produced under their effects subsidiary Toho–Eizo, it is the 15th film in the Godzilla franchise, serving as a direct sequel to the 1974 film Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.
Terror of Mechagodzilla stars Katsuhiko Sasaki, Tomoko Ai, Akihiko Hirata, and Gorō Mutsumi, and features Toru Kawai, Kazunari Mori, and Tatsumi Nikamoto as the fictional monster characters Godzilla, Mechagodzilla 2, and Titanosaurus, respectively. The film was released theatrically in Japan on March 15, 1975. It received a limited release in the United States in 1978 by Bob Conn Enterprises under the title The Terror of Godzilla. The film remains the least financially successful entry in the Godzilla franchise to this day.
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This film starts right off with scenes from the previous Godzilla movie – Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, cementing it’s continuity right off the bat. Even the first scene of the this movie references the previous one, as we see a group of researchers searching for the head of Mechagodzilla.
Of course this wouldn’t be a Godzilla movie without a new monster for Godzilla to fight. Enter Titanosaurus, a water dwelling dinosaur, that unfortunately is being controlled by a scientist who are working for the aliens who built Mechagodzilla. All of them are getting revenge on humans for casting them out.
This movie is very heavily technology based, which isn’t surprising given that the title is the name of a giant man-made robot. However, I’m starting to see why this moving is the lowest grossing Godzilla movie. Godzilla doesn’t show up (unless you count the opening credit scenes from the pervious film), until two thirds into the movie with only a half hour left! For a Godzilla movie that doesn’t really do our friend any justice.
The monster battle to end the movie was as novel as it usually is, but by now we know that Godzilla never loses, it’s just an interesting battle to see how he wins. In this instance he wins because of… love? Yeah, it’s an interesting turn of events in the human world, even if it is somewhat cringe-worthy.
My Ranking: ★ ★
And that’s it for Showa Era Godzilla movies. I will be taking a break from posting monster movies for awhile, especially since I just started streaming Disney+. I am aware that my tastes are all over the place with movies, but it makes for a more eclectic movie review blog!
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