Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
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Running time 108 min.
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (ゴジラVSスペースゴジラ, Gojira versus SupēsuGojira) is a 1994 kaiju film featuring Godzilla, probably the most famous of all Japan's fictional giant monsters. It stars Megumi Odaka and Jun Hashizume.
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Story
In 1995, a group of soldiers and scientists are setting up at Birth Island to try Project T against Godzilla. The plan is to plant a device on Godzilla which will allow the G-Force to control the mutant dinosaur telepathically, but the project fails. Meanwhile, Mothra sends a Fairy Mothra from space to Earth, and the scout uses a message from the Cosmos to warn the humans of grave danger. A space monster is planning to destroy Godzilla and conquer Earth, and with Mothra gone, the Earth will have to rely on Godzilla to save the planet. At the same time, a space monster indeed appears and attacks a NASA space station. Moguera, created from the remains of Super Mechagodzilla, is sent out to stop the monster but is defeated.
The monster lands on Birth Island and fights Godzilla. However, Godzilla is knocked out by the monster's corona beam while protecting LittleGodzilla. LittleGodzilla is captured in a crystalline prison below ground. The monster, for unknown reasoning, retreats, with Godzilla following him, in an attempt to free his imprisoned son. The scientists discover that the space monster is a clone of Godzilla, so they name it SpaceGodzilla.
The Japanese Mafia captures psychic Miki Saegusa and brings her back to their base, in an attempt to use Project T to gain control of Godzilla. However, their plan backfires. A recovery team is successfully dispatched and Miki and the team escape before SpaceGodzilla arrives and destroys the building. SpaceGodzilla lands in Fukuoka and destroys it in a matter of minutes, creating large crystals from the ground and turning the city into its fortress. Moguera arrives to once again fight SpaceGodzilla but is still no match for it. However, Godzilla arrives and fights SpaceGodzilla. It is discovered that SpaceGodzilla is using a large tower in the city as a power source and is absorbing the energy through its shoulder crystals. After taking advantage of this weakness, Godzilla destroys SpaceGodzilla (along with Moguera) by using his spiral ray and frees LittleGodzilla. The G-force now accepts Godzilla as their new protector. Miki, with her telepathic powers, gets the control device off of Godzilla.
The film ends with Godzilla swimming back to Birth island and the Fairy Mothra returns to outer space.
Box Office
The film sold approximately 3,200,000 tickets in Japan.
DVD Releases
SpaceGodzilla in Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla - Columbia Tristar (Sony)
Released: February 1, 2000
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (1.85:1) letterboxed
Sound: English (2.0)
Region 1
Note: A double feature with Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Trivia
- In this film the cosmo's state "if godzilla is killed earth will have no defense". This might mean mothra felt earth was safe assuming if any new monsters appeared while she was in space, Godzilla would "defend" earth against them.
- It is possible Space Godzilla and Mothra may have met somewhere in space. This is possible due to the fact Mothra seem's to be fully aware of Space Godzilla and its intention to kill Godzilla.
- This movie is Godzilla's 40th anniversary where instead of fighting his mechanical double, Godzilla fights his comsic double.
- The Godzilla suit use predominantly in this film has been nicknamed "Mogegoji".
- Godzilla vs Spacegodzilla harks back to the Godzilla films of the 1960's (imparticular the films directed by Jun Fukuda, such as Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, Son of Godzilla, and Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla), and bears many similarities to several concepts used those films, including South Pacific islands populated by kaiju, space monsters, a young Godzilla geared towared children viewers, and a Godzilla who fills a semi-hero persona.
Critical reaction
Critical reaction to Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla has been mixed. Toho Kingdom said the film is "far from terrible" and "an underrated movie" but felt it suffered from an "overly complicated story," "underdeveloped characters," and "forgettable" music. Monster Zero called the film "a curiously uninvolving effort" that "disappoints in nearly all aspects of the production" American Kaiju criticized the "wildly uneven pacing," "uneven special effects," and "exceedingly lumpy story," but added that "most of the special effects are pretty fair" and "the monster battles are mostly fun."DVD Cult said, "It does have some great destruction scenes and monster battles; two things that make these films worthwhile to begin with. The monster SpaceGodzilla is excellently designed, and is certainly far more menacing than anything Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich ever dreamed up."
