Continuing Toho's amazing Godzilla revamp series of the 90's, a giant meteorite crashes into the Pacific Ocean, awakening Godzilla from the nap he took after his ass beating in GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH! But that's not all, because the meteor's fall also causes global disasters, unearths a giant egg, and wakes up the monstrous Battra! Elsewhere, a bumbling treasure hunter/thief bargains for his release from prison, in exchange he must do a little government dirty work. He's gotta head to Infant Island (must be where the storks pick up their shipments), but for what reason, I have no idea! While there, he and his forced friends uncover the washed up egg and it's guardians: the Cosmos (yep, the midget twins actually have names now!). Thanx to them, we learn that in this reality, Mothra is the embodiment of good and peace, created my Mother Earth to defend her. But, there's also Battra, who is the embodiment of evil and war, created my Mother Earth as a tool of vengeance against land developers and "Captain Planet" villains! Just like GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA, a greedy multi-conglomorate lays claim to the egg, planning to cash in on it. Elsewhere, the Battra larvae makes it's way toward downtown Nagoya to sample the Japanese cuisine! And, of course, the wind up tanks of the Japanese army are powerless against his lightning blasts... why do they even bother to rebuild their army anyway? I mean, it's not like they ever get attacked by anything other than unstoppable rampaging monsters! Why not just redirect the funds to a division for creating and controlling their own monsters? That's what I'd do if I were prime minister. I'd have them make a giant Hamster with laser beam eyes and Ginsu-tail! He could do a rolling attack, and his teeth would be missiles, and.... sorry... back to the movie... Elsewhere, as the egg is being transported overseas, Godzilla finally surfaces, in the mood for an omelette! But, his high seas breakfast is foiled, when the egg hatches, revealing a Mothra larvae. Battra soon joins in the festivities to make it a menage-a-beatdown! But, Mothra escapes, leaving Batty and G to take out their frustrations on the barge that was carrying the egg (they really hate that thing for some reason!), before finally assaulting each other and being swallowed by an underwater volcanic eruption. Now, without their big egg, the Maritoma Corporation decides to settle for exploiting the Cosmos twins instead! Mothra does the usual and comes looking for the girls (probably so they'll stop with that damn SOS song), setting up shop in downtown, cocooning against a radio tower and becoming the "moth" in MOTHra, and looking less scuffed and tattered than earlier incarnations. Elsewhere, the big G emerges from Mt. Fuji, proving that not even a molten lava sauna can hold him down (as if his survival of GODZILLA 1985 didn't already prove this point)! Still elsewhere, Batty shows he doesn't need the cocoon nap thing like Mothra, as he simply rises from the Pacific, discharges some lightning, and *whamo*, he's the "bat" in BATtra!? I'd say Batty got the better deal from ol' Mother Earth here. Well, this leads to the final 3-way in the soon-to-be-ruins of Yokohama, where Mothra finally shows herself to be a threat when we see she can now shoot beams from her eyes and lightning from her wings! Despite her new powers though, it takes a Mothra/Battra double team (triple if you count the big Ferris Wheel Batty hits Godzilla with!) before G finally falls in a haze of gold glitter and CGI lightning! The two then carry G off and drop him in the Pacific (which is cheap, because they ended the last Godzilla flick this SAME way!), but not before he rips out Batty's throat and fries the gaping wound, taking him with him. Now, with Battra dead, he can't do his duty and stop a big meteor headed to destroy Earth. So, in one last promise, Mothra vows to stop the meteor herself, saving the planet for the next millennium and ending the flick with her flying off into space. Nice stylish looking movie, especially the fight at the amusement park! Nice to see something like a Ferris Wheel used as a weapon! Also, though I never liked Mothra, Battra was pretty fuckin' cool! I did however think it was kinda cheap that, while Mothra needed to do the cocoon thing, Battra just instantly changed! Especially when they were created by the same source! Oh well, time to go watch old episodes of "the Inhumanoids". Keep in touch with yourselves! But not your inner child's, that might be illegal....

Sequels: GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II, GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA, GODZILLA VS. DUSTER

If You Liked This Flick, Check Out: GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA or REBIRTH OF MOTHRA