Godzilla's Revenge (1969) (aka All Monsters Attack)

Plot Outline: A young Japanese boy who is getting bullied at school dreams that he travels to Monster Island to get tips from Minya, Godzilla's son, who is also getting bullied by a bigger monster.

The Review: This is supposed to be his revenge, not his stand-up comedy hour. I stated in my review for Son of Godzilla that any film with Baby Godzilla in is very crap indeed. Well this goes beyond that. This is just pathetic. It's Godzilla’s lowest point yet. He’s not smashing Tokyo. He’s not battling space aliens. There’s no sign of any old favourites like Ghidorah. No, this time Godzilla is up against Gabarah, a monster who has been bullying his son, Minya! Most of the monster battles are just stock footage from previous films. Godzilla battles Ebirah and Spiga (stock footage used from Ebirah, Horror of the Deep and Son of Godzilla respectively). Godzilla is hardly on the screen at all and when he does, he's not a frightening monster smashing cities. No, this time he's a proud parent who is letting its offspring grow up the hard way. Talk about crap! Godzilla should be bashing up space monsters or stomping Tokyo, not lecturing his son about how to fight bullies. This is also where the film fails miserably. The main plot to this film is a human one (urgh) and it's about a little Japanese boy who is getting bullied. So in his dreams he travels to Monster Island to take tips from Minya, the son of Godzilla, who is also having some problems of his own with Gabarah. The problem with this film lies in the fact that Gabarah is the worst monster Toho created. I mean if it can’t even beat Minya, what chance does it have against Godzilla himself! None and the film proceeds to prove it with a "comical" battle between Gabarah and Minya, before Godzilla beats crap out of the bully.

Final Verdict: Thankfully Minya was dropped from the series for a long time and they started getting a little better action wise, even if they did devolve into camp escapades suitable only for late night comedy clip shows. Gabarah was never heard of again either (thankfully). This is the pits as far as Godzilla films go.

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