Deffinately the worst of the revamped Godzilla series, this installment features Godzilla battling the monster with THE most ludicrous origin I've ever heard of! And I read comicbooks! Anyway, as we open, we see that the G Force has come up with a new project: Project T. The 'T' stands for 'Telepathy', because the group hopes to implant a mind control device in G's brain, and use their psychic employees to control him, halting his raids on Japan without killing him (because they CAN'T!... then there'd be no more franchise!). Elsewhere, Mothra makes a cameo as she spawns... a bunch of baby Mothra?! But, don't they have to be worms first?... boy, the confusion sets in early here... Still elsewhere, members of the G Force search out the island home of the G man, where they discover Lil' G, corny theme music and all, and looking less like daddy than he did in GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II. Toho must've wanted to devolve him more toward the Minya look to make him more appealing to the kids again... BAH I SAY! The psychic girl Miki (no, not like the rodent) gets a visit from Mothra's little midget pals the Cosmos, and they warn her that a monster from space is coming to Earth, and if Godzilla isn't alive to stop it, it will destroy the world (I smell a return to the "super hero Godzilla" days, and after seeing what he can do as a villain, that smell is making me ill...)! Meanwhile, the UN has their new toy M.O.G.I.R.A. (I'm not wasting space to tell you what this stands for), which is a rebuilt and souped up version of the remains of MechaGodzilla (only difference is that it doesn't look like Godzilla now). But, don't feel sorry for Godzilla yet, cuz there's ANOTHER person out to get him! Yep, a Rambo wanna-be named Yuki has a bullet whose tip is filled with a chemical that will harden Godzilla's blood if it penetrates under his armpit... *poof*, instant coronary! Jeez, for a guy who's supposed to save the world from a space menace, we sure give him alot of shit! When the large, mutated, crystal infested SpaceGodzilla appears on Japan's space radars, M.O.G.I.R.A. is sent up after it, and get's soundly humiliated as Space G thrashes the Hell out of it... amongst THE cheapest looking outer space background ever witnessed! Back on Earth, that Yuki guy's antics aren't playing out like he planned, as he chases Godzilla around the island, missing repeatedly with his blood hardening bullets, and changing headgear some five times! But, coincidentally, this when SpaceGodzilla also shows up, on the exact same island, looking to stake his claim in the running for the "King of the Monsters" title! After he bullies Lil' Godzilla around for a while, big poppa Godzilla shows up (he's loves it when ya call him 'Big Poppa'), to bring an end to the child abuse. SpaceG (who looks like regular G if he had more teeth and some big crystals growing out of his shoulders) smacks Godzilla around a little, then locks junior in a crystal jail cell and flies off, with what looks like a giant crystalline X-Mas tree strapped to his back. Yuki sees everything, and takes pity in Godzilla for getting his ass kicked in front of his kid (Pappa Yuki probably got his ass kicked repeatedly by his frail little wife when Yuki was a lad), and decides not to harass the poor guy with blood hardening bullets anymore (not that he ever scored a hit or anything), and just goes home. About now is when we get hit with the ridiculous origin of SpaceGodzilla. Brace yourself, it's a doozy! Alright, it turns out that when Mothra went into space to stop that meteor, she took with her some of Godzilla's cells. As she passed through the Earth's atmosphere, she also picked up some Biollante cells. These cells were then sucked through a black hole, passed OUT through a white hole (at least they're picky about what kinda holes they're in), then evolved after absorbing the energy of exploding stars. "Evolved into what?" you ask? Why, SpaceGodzilla of course! Head explode yet? I wish mine had. Anyway, the Project T idea failed. But, one of those odd mini-Mothras pops up and tells Miki (who's so fine she blows my mind, hey Miki) that she must meld with Godzilla's mind to defeat SpaceG. The Yakuza (the Japanese Mafia, for those of you lagging on your organized crime culture) have their own plans though, as they kidnap Miki in an attempt to gain control of Godzilla for themselves! G Force gets her back though, as SpaceG rains lightning bolts down upon Tokyo with the help of his crystal backpack! After upgrading to M.O.G.I.R.A. 2.0 (little computer humor there... very little), the UN sends the big 'bot out again for a rematch, this time piloted by our favorite Rambo gone soft: Yuki. I wouldn't have chosen Yuki. What if he saw SpaceG stub his toe, then felt sorry for him and set M.O.G.I.R.A. to self-destruct when he sees that violence only begets pain and suffering?! Enough of my opinion, back to the action. While SpaceG turns half of Tokyo into giant crystal stellagmites, Godzilla stomps the other half as he makes his way to the fight! The M.O.G.I.R.A. crew manages to hold their own and score some decent hits until Godzilla finally makes his appearance known, and by helping each other out, they blow the pointy shouldered poseur to ashes! Godzilla then leaves, though now we are left with the possibility of OTHER G Cells in space, which could mean more extraterrestrial challengers for Godzilla's "King of the Monsters" moniker! Though this movie was pretty bad compared to the others in the 80's - 90's series, it was still better than a good piece of the entrants from the old series! Besides, it also teaches us that we can't control Mother Nature... or at least not the large, fire breathing mutants she attacks us with!

Sequels: GODZILLA VS. DESTROYAH

If You Liked This Flick, Check Out: GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II or GAMERA 2: ATTACK OF LEGION