Ah, the second (and possibly rarest) of the Godzilla flicks, this one picks up not long after the events of the original GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS. Opening with a couple of scouting pilots getting downed on an arctic island, the two play audience to the first of MANY "Godzilla vs. anonymous super monster" scenes, as he takes on his first opponent, the 100 million year old Angilas. Angilas is a big, spiny, armadillo-like dinosaur, who is apparently a natural enemy of Godzilla. We find out however, that this IS NOT the same lizard that stomped Raymond Burr, but is in fact, ANOTHER Godzillasaur! Yep, the original WAS completely destroyed in GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS, despite what Raymond Burr told us in GODZILLA 1985! Anyway, it turns out that both of these eons old arch-nemisi were awakened and mutated, again by H-Bomb testing (surprise surprise), though Angilas was screwed out of being able to breathe cool atomic fire. Anyhow, the military makes it's first smart observation in years, and they see just how futile it would be to fight the monsters (they probably just lost the wind-up keys for their tanks), so instead they decide the best solution would be to just lure Godzilla back out to sea via "light bombs", taking advantage of his apparent primal hatred for bright lights. But, as this is going on, a prison transport is thwarted when the bad guys escape into the blacked-out Osaka. Their escape attempt results in a large refinery fire, which brings the big G back to the mainland! Angilas soon shows up to pick up where their last fight left off and the two fight amongst the glowing backdrop of the burning Osaka! The feud is finally brought to a bloody end however, when Godzilla rips out Angy's throat then roasts him in an atomic funeral pyre. Now, our uninteresting human characters must pack up their business and move it elsewhere. After a bunch of nonsensical dialogue, over-energetic laughter, and some drunken karaoke, the big G is spotted once more, and his glacier home uncovered! Jets bomb the place, and one of our heroes' planes is mercifully thrown into a mountainside, giving our remaining hero the motivation to lead an attack against G, burying him up to his eyeballs in artificial snow and misshapen ice cubes, never to bee seen again.... well, at least not for another four years, when he awakens to battle King Kong! Despite the bland story, no-budget avalanche, and cheap monster suits, I did like the feel of the flick as a whole, mainly thanx to the B&W and the nostalgic whimsy when witnessing the first of Godzilla's many one-on-one's! Oh, and the Angilas who pals around with Godzilla later on, in his "super hero" days, is NOT the one killed here, just like this is NOT the Godzilla of the original! So stop sending me your death threats and K-Mart fliers!!!!!

Also Known As: GIGANTIS: THE FIRE MONSTER; THE VOLCANO MONSTER; THE RETURN OF GODZILLA; GODZILLA'S COUNTERATTACK; COUNTERATTACK OF THE MONSTER

Sequels: Actually, the older series of Godzilla flicks never really connected with each other, so I guess they're technically not sequels...

If You Liked This Flick, Check Out: GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS or GAMERA VS. GUIRON