Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah: After buying a few of the Universe Heisei Godzilla region 3 releases, I decided it best to finish out the series. After reviewing the first two and Space Godzilla I went back and will now watch the rest in order. The Universe DVDs combine decent prints with English subtitles at a low price. The only downsides are that the English subtitles are coupled with the Chinese subtitles (ala VCD style) and some of the prints are non-anamorphic, like this one.

Godzilla vs King Ghidorah is a bit of a mixed bag. Parts of the story border on creative and refreshing like the revisiting of Godzilla's origin but at other times the physics expressed in the movie are nothing like that of this world that it leaves many fans scratching their heads.

In this film some people from the future come back in time to get rid of Godzilla. For some reason, instead of dealing with him directly they make a stop in 1991 to get some help. Of course what they really intend to do is to get rid of Godzilla and have their own monster, King Ghidorah, to destroy Japan.

In the end this film holds up as a fun little romp but rather weak in the end. Still, this like the other Heisei films are in many ways "My Godzilla" as I discovered Godzilla not long before these came out to video here in the states. I thus have a fondness for these films even after seeing them each a dozen times or more.

If you're a G-fan, pick this up. Sony won't be rereleasing it subtitled anytime soon.

Labels: Godzilla, Japanese, sci-fi