This is actually, the one true Godzilla sequel of the entire first series! Yes, I know that you can make connections between GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN and GODZILLA VS. KING KONG (or at least the part about the iceberg), and there's also the gratuitous stock footage of some flicks (especially GODZILLA VS. MEGALON) but THIS is the only true Godzilla sequel! It is, of course, a sequel to the classic GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA , in which the G Man had to defeat his evil robotic doppleganger and his green monkey owners. Plus, it's the end of the 70's Godzilla movies, finishing the era some call "super hero" Godzilla. We open with a group of guys in a submarine, as they search for MechaG's remains. What they get instead, is a whirlpool and the wrath of the gilled dinosaur: Titanosaurus! From here, it looks like those green space monkeys are up to their old tricks again, this time planning to level Tokyo and make it the home base for their big invasion! This time though, they have back-up, in the form of a disgruntled human scientist and his little pet, Titanosaurus! Well, at least now they'll be ready, should any giant ancient Shar-pei's interfere... But, will Godzilla be able to stand up to twice the villainy with none of the help? Can he survive gettin' it form both side?! Somehow, I doubt G will be ANYONE's bitch!... 'cept maybe Samuel L. Jackson's... that guy is one bad motherfucker! Anyway, turns out the doc owes his life to the monkeys, because his daughter got electrocuted by one of his screw-ups, and the intergalactic primates made her better... 80% cybernetic, but still alive... in the way that computers are alive... But, despite how well the jolly green ape men THINK they did on her, her emotions are beginning to overpower her programing, when she falls in love with one of our human heroes investigating the stories of Titanosaurus. Finally, Godzilla shows up, when the crazy doc sends Titanosaurus up to smash Tokyo in a flexing of muscles, and Godzilla appears to take on his newest challenger! But, Titan soon sticks his finned tail between his legs and retreats (can't blame him, the guy's got no projectile weapon!). But, he soon returns, with his giant Refridgidaire Gone-Bad back-up: the rebuilt MechaGodzilla! After the two trample the model buildings that make up the Tokyo suburbs, Godzilla reappears, to start their final conflict! Around this point, you have to notice something about Godzilla and his opponents: for being pea-brained dinosaurs or unfeeling robots, they sure do ALOT of kung-fu poses and shit, as opposed to just ripping each other apart like real animals do... Anyway, after G tosses around Titan for a while, MechaG interferes... WITH A STEEL CHAIR! Errr, I mean, he starts zappin' G, giving Titan the chance to get Godzilla into the "Flying Liplock of Doom", before moshing on G's shallow grave! But, Godzilla's lucky to have the humans for back-up, as they use sonic waves to screw up Titan's brain, fryin' his frontal lobe, leaving G and MechaG to their grudge match of the decade! But, a simple headpull won't be enough to hold the big tin can down this time, as the space faring simians planned ahead (get it? ahead? cuz he pulls off his head?... jerks), fixing that little flaw! That's still not enough though, as the G Man still smokes him, then finishes him off that scaly pussy Titanosaurus and a fleeing alien ship, before disappearing back to the sea. I think this could've been better, say, if Godzilla had Angilas as a tag team partner, like in GODZILLA VS. GIGAN, or something. But, what was here was still pretty good! It was nice to see Godzilla on the receiving end of a double team for once! I mean, he's always ganging up with guys to beat on Ghidrah, and if there's ever two monsters, he always had a partner before! But, here he has to rely on his own skills (and those of our scientist friends) to get out of that proverbial, "rock and a hard spot" schpiel! Plus, even though none of our extraterrestrial chimps showed us their seasick primate forms, we did get to see their new "we're queer and we're here" hats they probably wore in the Venutian Gay Pride Day Parade! One other thing I noticed, just to bring a touching and thought provoking end to the super hero days of the G Man: there were a LOT of exploding computer terminals in this movie! Wow, all Charles Kuralt and shit...

Also Known As: THE ESCAPE OF MECHAGODZILLA; REVENGE OF MECHAGODZILLA; MONSTERS FROM THE UNKNOWN PLANET

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. SPACEGODZILLA or GAMERA VS. VIRUS