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This
one was THE first Godzilla movie I ever owned. It's probably also the lowest
budget...but I'm not here to talk about that! Two men, Goro and Jinkawa,
and Goro's little brother Roku, are at the lake having a picnic. Suddenly
an earthquake disrupts the festivities. Goro and Jinkawa save Roku, who
barely escapes sudden death when his dolphin toy gets sucked into the whirlpool...
The
three head for home, leaving behind an empty lake bed. Goro (played by
Katsuhiko Sasaki) happens to be a scientist who is working on a new robot.
He and the others enter the apartment to find it a total wreck. (It is
at this point, in the MST3K version, that Crow yells, "OhmyGod the humidifier
committed SUICIDE! Sorry, but I thought that was funny and needed
pointing out!)
Two
thugs appear out of the darkness and hit Goro and Roku over the head; one
of them struggles briefly with Jinkawa before hitting him over the head
too! Jinkawa gives chase to the two thugs in his little car but loses them
when one of them throws a firebomb his way. Roku has discovered a strange
looking substance next to the robot...like red sand? Goro takes a look
both at the sand and at the button that Jinkawa had pulled off the man's
jacket in the struggle and concluded that either they were from Easter
Island or from the bottom of the sea bed. Goro shrugs and completes his
robot which he gives the name Jet Jaguar (the robot of every D.C. bureaucrat's
dream!)
The
bad guys kidnap Roku while he is on his motor bike. They take the boy to
the apartment where they stun Goro and Jinkawa. They then take control
of the robot. The Seatopian leader (a white guy dressed in a white towel
and looking like he's had a VERY bad day!) sends their god Megalon to wreak
havoc on the Earth people for having messed up Seatopia with nuclear tests.
Megalon arrives at the empty lake bed and proceeds to destroy poor Tokyo,
guided by Jet Jaguar. Meanwhile, Goro and Roku, tied up inside a truck
trailer, work loose the ropes binding them and try to figure out a way
to escape. Jinkawa overpowers his Seatopian captor and rushes off to find
his friends.
Grabbing
the other Seatopian and throwing him off the truck, the drivers were trying
to dump the truck's cargo (Goro and Roku) into the dam! Megalon shows up,
scaring the drivers away. Jinkawa tries to get the truck bed down so he
can free his friends, but it slips and Megalon hits it like a tennis ball.
Once free, Goro takes off in a helicopter to find his rebellious creation.
Using
the override control, Goro instructs Jet Jaguar to go and get Godzilla.
Godzilla, upon hearing what Jaguar has to say, is outraged. He jumps into
the water and heads for Japan. Jet flies back to Japan and does a neat
trick:
He
increases his own size to about 500 times what he was before and starts
pounding the hell out of Megalon. Upon seeing this, the Seatopians ask
Space Hunter Nebula; Universe M for help. The Nebulans send Gigan, their
cyborg. Gigan comes and knocks Jaguar senseless. The two gang up on Jaguar
and just about finish him off before Godzilla arrives. Finally, a tag team
battle ensues. By the end of the movie, Godzilla drives off Gigan, then
he and Jaguar gang up on Megalon. An embarrassed, defeated Megalon goes
back to Seatopia. Godzilla returns to his island home, and Jaguar returns
to his original size.
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