Here we go, the movie hailed... or should I say "cursed" by G Fans as being the WORST Godzilla movie ever. I guess they pushed GODZILLA'S REVENGE so far out of their memories that they forget about it... Well, the flick opens with undersea nuclear testing, resulting in wide spread earthquakes going all the way to Monster Island, and whirlpools that devour plastic dolphins, but, sadly, not little boys in mini shorts. Our human characters for this venture are a scientist; his dashing, suave, secret agent-esque, male "friend"; and some boy who apparently lives with one or both of them. Since he calls neither "dad" or "uncle" throughout the flick, I'd say he's their "apprentice" *wink*wink*. Then, there's their robot creation, Jet Jaguar, who looks like a "bordering-on-lawsuit" version of Ultraman. Too bad that their happy lives together are about to be disrupted, as the people of the vengeful Seatopia (they live in an undersea city like Atlantis, are lead by a hairy chested old Italian guy, and when referring to one of their people you say "that European guy")! They need Jet Jaguar to play tour guide for their oversized employee Megalon (a large mutant cockroach who actually looks pretty damn cool!) in his march of vengeance over the people of Japan (payback for all those undersea nuke tests)! They knock-out our heroes, grab JJ and go about their plan. As the big bug begins his walk through the Japanese countryside, the action hero guy breaks free of his bonds, and after a laughable car chase scene, he saves his "pals" from a big metal box. Probably the most impressive scene to me, it features Megalon trouncing around a dam (though I could've done without the crate volleyball part). Why? It was a refreshing change of pace from the everyday, "guy in rubber suit trounces model city" shit Toho likes to regurgitate on our shoes. Nice to see there's a side to Japan's landscape other than big buildings! But, the good guys regain control of JJ, and send him to Monster Island to use air traffic control sign language to bring Godzilla (in one of his better looking incarnations) in for reinforcements! Meanwhile, Megalon has worked his way into the suburbs! To keep it a fair fight, the Seatopians call up their Star Hunter M allies from space, asking if they can borrow Gigan for a while. Upon JJ's return to the mainland, he apparently gives himself Artificial Intelligence, shedding the shackles of his human oppressors, and grows to monster size to hold off Megalon while G makes the looooooong swim to shore. After playing WWF with Meggy a while, Gigan shows up to make it a handicapped match, which gets turned into a tag team as Godzilla FINALLY makes his appearance on the scene to help out JJ! After a long seesaw battle (including the infamous "Flying Godzilla Dropkick" attack and gratuitous GODZILLA VS. GIGAN stock footage), G and JJ wrestle their way to victory, sending Gigan flying off to lick his wounds and leaving Meggy to be buried in an avalanche by the Seatopians. G then says his long winded (but thankfully not translated, like GODZILLA VS. GIGAN) goodbye to JJ and strolls off, leaving Jet Jaguar to his little reunion with his "family", accompanied by the Jet Jaguar theme music (Toho probably wanted to give him his own series, but realized he SUCKS!). There's also some really bad editing here, as the cast stands still for a second before going into action. The camera was probably rolling a little early... man, those Japs should stick to video games and cartoons, and leave the acting to the Germans.... or someone better.

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 VS. GIGAN or GAMERA VS. ZIGRA