Just as good as its predecessor, if not better. Last time we saw Godzilla teaming up to take down one monster. This time, he has to take down two, by himself. This is a great end to the original series, as it contains all the great elements. Awesome fights, which take us back to more inhabited areas. The country side had become a cheap alternative, but you can't beat city destruction. There is also a lot of heart, as we see a ridiculed scientist and his daughter struggle with their feelings. This film actually contains some human sacrifice. Making us and Godzilla equal again. Very impressed with something that could have been all a little much.

Halfway through the '70s, this was the point where the Godzilla series finally ran out of steam - and lay dormant until the big guy's revival as the bad guy in 1984's RETURN OF GODZILLA. I'm happy to say that they ended the series on a high note, with a typically colourful and spectacular entry. The sci-fi plot is a fun one packed with action and strange characters and devices. Okay, so it may be rehashed and unoriginal, but it's still a whole lot of fun.

Following on from the end of the previous year's GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA, this opens with a stunning battle between the two monsters, where Godzilla sprays blood everywhere and gets mutilated before ripping off Mechagodzilla's head. Sadly, this isn't a sign of things to come. Once again, there's another alien plot to take over the world, and once again our heroes manage to defeat them. Especially amusing are the Interpol team who act as the film's heroes, who basically epitomise '70s coolness.

The violence here is quite strong for a Godzilla film, with a couple of people being gunned down in slow motion. There's also a surprising scene of artificial nudity, a first and only in the series (it was aimed at kids, after all.). The muddled plot takes in a cyborg girl, a dinosaur living under the ocean, an alien base underground, Godzilla, and the return of Mechagodzilla as an even more powerful monster. It's fast paced, and the monster battles, especially the ending, are really spectacular, filled with explosions and many colourful death rays and beams. Mechagodzilla doesn't die when you rip his head off anymore either! Titanosaurus is a rather funny creature, a dinosaur who looks like a model I once had as a kid, no more realistic than that. All together, this is a fun film for kids and adults alike, with colourful spacesuits, costumes and sets, plenty of action and incident, and a strong score once again.

This follows directly after the previous movie in the franchise. A submarine tries to retrieve the Mechagodzilla wreckage but is met by Titanosaurus. The International Police Organization is shocked at the lost of the crew and examines new evidence of flying saucers. Mad scientist Mafune and his daughter form an alliance with aliens from Black Hole Planet 3 who are rebuilding Mechagodzilla after salvaging the wreckage from the bottom of the ocean.

Apparently, the Japanese film industry was in trouble at the time. That's not a surprise. The American industry was also in trouble during that era. This franchise was also running on fumes and the filmmakers obviously threw everything into this. I actually found the human story more compelling than the usual Godzilla movie. The daughter's dilemma is quite engrossing. This works great as a father daughter story. This movie is stuffed with all kinds of sci-fi material. The fact that it works at all is very impressive. It's rare that the monster action doesn't dominate a Godzilla movie.