Though this installment could've used some more footage of Godzilla himself (he doesn't show up until 63 minutes into the flick!), this movie is great mainly for historical reference! It's gives us a first hand look at Godzilla's origin, as well as a new dimension to the character of the beast and why he hates humanity so much! But, then it flips it around and makes a new one, as we see the birth of a bigger, stronger Godzilla! Also, remember that big space hitman, Ghidrah, from G's "super hero" days? You know, the "Three-Headed Monster" that was one of G's most popular villains? Well, he gets the revamp treatment, complete with new origin and new spelling of his name! Anyway, onto the story! We open in 2204 A.D., as a submarine discovers the two-headed remains of King Ghidorah. Where's the other head you ask? Well, you'll find out later (though, if you think Godzilla's got something to do with it, then you're smarter than your parents look!). Now, we go back to 1992 (yes, A.D. again), where a UFO appears over Tokyo (though back in the 70's series, this was like a daily event) as elsewhere an old guy rants and raves around a dinosaur display about how he was saved from US troops in WWII by a dinosaur! The reporter assigned to cover the crazy guy's story comes up with a theory: the Japanese troops really WERE saved by a dinosaur, and that dinosaur later become the monster Godzilla! Well, back at the UFO, 3 humans emerge, claiming to be from the 23rd century... apparently the majority of the humans in the future are badly dressed Americans in tacky colored outfits. They're here to supposedly warn the Japanese people that if Godzilla is not destroyed, his radiation will pollute Japan to the point where it's no longer inhabitable! To prevent this, the futurites offer to go back in time and dispose of the heroic Godzillasaur before he can be subjected to the H-Bomb's radiation. The worst part though, is that the futurites' ship is witnessed by US naval officer, Major... brace yourself for vomiting... Spielberg... it's okay, let it all out, you'll feel better. So, the dying Godzillasaur (after saving the Jap troops and being shelled by the US Navy) is transported to the bottom of the Ocean, never to be irradiated and never to lower Japanese property values. Instead though, one of the futurites leaves behind 3 Dorats (mechanically controlled imps from the future) and when our heroes return to the future (which is actually their present and now our past), they find it Godzilla free (though everyone seems to know who he is, despite never existing!)! But, what they do find is the futurites controlled King Ghidorah! Turns out those cute little Dorats where bathed in the H-Bomb's happy glow, which bonded them and made them REALLY big! They're also still under the control of the futurites, who were really bad guys all along! Looks like they want to use King Ghiddy to trash Japan so they may rebuild it in their image and prevent it from becoming the world Mega Power (like Hogan and Savage!) that it REALLY becomes in the future! However, the Japanese futurite has a spark of patriotism, as she jumps sides and helps the Japs formulate a plan to get their only defense against Kingy: make Godzilla! The plan is simple: nuke the Godzillasaur body at the bottom of the ocean with torpedoes from a nuclear sub. This should hopefully irradiate it enough that it becomes the Godzilla they all know and fear! But, turns out their plan is unnecessary, because the Godzillasaur has already absorbed enough radiation to mutate! The sub's warheads just make him bigger and meaner! Yep, turns out there's nuclear fallout all over Japan, and with this stronger, modern radiation, Godzilla is more powerful than ever before! And even more pissed! So, the new big G emerges form the Ocean (to harp music?!) and proceeds to take on his challenger for the "King of the Monsters" title: King Ghidorah! But, can this Godzilla beat Kingy? The "super hero" G couldn't, without the back up of other monsters, so can this one? Well, let me put it like this, "does the Pope shit in the woods"?! Well, while you try to figure out what the Hell I just said, let's watch as, despite his best efforts and close calls, Kingy falls to the might of Godzilla (thanx in no small part to the good guys' bombing of the futurites' ship) as the big G gets his pound... er... TONS of flesh, when he blows off Kingy's middle head (refer back to the beginning of this review)! Then, Godzilla proceeds to finish off the UFO (which is technically identified now) before finishing off Kingy, then going to get some payback on the people of Tokyo! Now, their poison is their cure, as the Jap girl from the future goes back to the 23rd century to create Mecha-King Ghidorah from Kingy's remains! They send Mecha-Kingy back to 1992, where he and Godzilla have a rematch that ends with Mecha-Kingy grabbing G with his Godzilla Grip Capture Claw Machine Hand Thingy action accessory, dropping Godzilla and himself into the briny deep of the Pacific, saving the day with it's sacrifice! Though the movie ends with an underwater shot of Godzilla awakening! On a final note, ya gotta love it when the M-11 futurite cyborg goes into his "Six Million Dollar Man" hover-stroll mode! HAHAHAHAHA! What a jackal-ass!

Sequels: GODZILLA AND MOTHRA: BATTLE FOR THE EARTH, GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II, GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA, GODZILLA VS. DESTROYAH

If You Liked This Flick, Check Out: GODZILLA VS. MONSTER ZERO or GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II