In the fine tradition of such movies as "Gorgo" and other Godzilla rip-offs, "Daikyoju Gappa" or "Monster from a Prehistoric Planet" is a boring, silly, pointless movie. The owner of "Playmate" magazine wants to create "Playmate Island" - no, it's not what you're thinking, he wants to make an island of animals where people can visit and think they're in the tropics. So he sends this group of people out and the first place they go is an island with an active volcano and earthquakes (sounds like a GREAT resort island, right?). So these people accidentally discover a cave that has been sealed off for a long time, and upon exploration find a prehistoric egg. The egg hatches into a baby dinosaur/monster and they take the thing back to Japan with them. But alas... the creature's parents are still alive, and come searching for junior! All sorts of wacky chaos ensues.
This movie is one that gives monster movies a bad name. The plot is one we've seen a zillion times before, and there are no new twists. Every aspect of this movie is cheesier than Velveeta. The technical effects are awful, from the unrealistic miniature models to the "island natives" who are just Japanese people with dark make-up. And somehow I don't feel a lot of sympathy for a giant lizard with the head of a chicken that flies and shoots blue death from its mouth.
Avoid this movie and just rent a Godzilla movie instead - the first, and the best.
This movie is one that gives monster movies a bad name. The plot is one we've seen a zillion times before, and there are no new twists. Every aspect of this movie is cheesier than Velveeta. The technical effects are awful, from the unrealistic miniature models to the "island natives" who are just Japanese people with dark make-up. And somehow I don't feel a lot of sympathy for a giant lizard with the head of a chicken that flies and shoots blue death from its mouth.
Avoid this movie and just rent a Godzilla movie instead - the first, and the best.