Suruga Bay is suffering from the aftermath of nuclear fallout, with all the radioactively toxic sludge having washed into the sea where it has been either killing or deforming the sea creatures that dwell there.
Inevitably- with a little help from the imagination of a child- a monstrous, smog sucking, tadpole creature arises from the depths to wreak have on the Surugans.
Meanwhile, a number of mysterious natural disasters start to occur around Japan. So a group of scientists set out to investigate the matter, only to discover they have been beset upon by a giant robotic monster...that has been designed for destruction.
Eventually, they discover that the robot was created by the Mysterians- from Planet Mysteroid- who are operating from the dark side of the moon, and an underground base on Earth.
Mysteroid was, apparently, the fifth planet in the solar system, before the Mysterians blew it up as a result of their reckless use of nuclear weapons.
Those lucky enough to escape first settled on Mars, before moving to the Moon, with plans to colonize Earth.
However, the Mysterians only seek to colonize an area within a 3-mile radius of their base...though they also want to mate with the Earth women (as their DNA has been damaged from exposure to radiation)...and warn them against any thoughts of military intervention.
Really, they seek to prevent the humans from colonizing space, themselves. All while getting that sweet Earth ...
There's no Godzilla in this one (though there is that one robot kaiju earlier on in the film)...this is a purely technological battle- where human ingenuity is pitted against a race of technologically advanced invaders.
It's all a weird blend of 50's UFO induced paranoia, Japanese xenophobia, and attempts to spin in post-war nationalistic sentiment (after their military was supplanted by the Americans).
And there's something subtly Nazi-ish about it...
Despite the fact that they end up fighting alongside the Americans, under the UN banner, the Japanese are always portrayed as superior...with the underlying implication that they will dominate the world sphere through influence wielded from technological supremacy.
Also...it's kind of boring, relatively speaking...and the special effects are pretty bad, comparatively.
4 out of 10.
Inevitably- with a little help from the imagination of a child- a monstrous, smog sucking, tadpole creature arises from the depths to wreak have on the Surugans.
Meanwhile, a number of mysterious natural disasters start to occur around Japan. So a group of scientists set out to investigate the matter, only to discover they have been beset upon by a giant robotic monster...that has been designed for destruction.
Eventually, they discover that the robot was created by the Mysterians- from Planet Mysteroid- who are operating from the dark side of the moon, and an underground base on Earth.
Mysteroid was, apparently, the fifth planet in the solar system, before the Mysterians blew it up as a result of their reckless use of nuclear weapons.
Those lucky enough to escape first settled on Mars, before moving to the Moon, with plans to colonize Earth.
However, the Mysterians only seek to colonize an area within a 3-mile radius of their base...though they also want to mate with the Earth women (as their DNA has been damaged from exposure to radiation)...and warn them against any thoughts of military intervention.
Really, they seek to prevent the humans from colonizing space, themselves. All while getting that sweet Earth ...
There's no Godzilla in this one (though there is that one robot kaiju earlier on in the film)...this is a purely technological battle- where human ingenuity is pitted against a race of technologically advanced invaders.
It's all a weird blend of 50's UFO induced paranoia, Japanese xenophobia, and attempts to spin in post-war nationalistic sentiment (after their military was supplanted by the Americans).
And there's something subtly Nazi-ish about it...
Despite the fact that they end up fighting alongside the Americans, under the UN banner, the Japanese are always portrayed as superior...with the underlying implication that they will dominate the world sphere through influence wielded from technological supremacy.
Also...it's kind of boring, relatively speaking...and the special effects are pretty bad, comparatively.
4 out of 10.