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The United Nations assembles the ultimate weapon to defeat Godzilla, while scientists discover a fresh pteranodon egg on a remote Japanese island.The United Nations assembles the ultimate weapon to defeat Godzilla, while scientists discover a fresh pteranodon egg on a remote Japanese island.The United Nations assembles the ultimate weapon to defeat Godzilla, while scientists discover a fresh pteranodon egg on a remote Japanese island.
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
Yûsuke Kawazu
- Professor Omae
- (as Yusuke Kawazu)
Kôichi Ueda
- General Hyodo
- (as Koichi Ueda)
Daijirô Harada
- Takuya Sasaki
- (as Daijiro Harada)
Andrew Smith
- Andy Johnson
- (as Andy Smith)
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- TriviaDespite the film's English title, "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II," the film is not a sequel to Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974). A later film featuring Mechagodzilla was released in western markets as Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002). In their original Japanese language, all of these films are differentiated by what word is used for "versus". The original 1974 film uses "tai", this film uses "VS", and the 2002 film uses "X".
- GoofsWhen Mechagodzilla fires its chest beam at Rodan, he lands on his back, but when Baby Godzilla calls out to him when Mechagodzilla is killing Godzilla, he is on his belly.
- Quotes
Minister Takayuki Segawa: [answers phone] Yes? What's that? Godzilla's attacking the city?
- Alternate versionsThe US version cuts a majority of the ending credits, shortening the runtime from 108 minutes to 105 minutes.
- ConnectionsEdited into Godzilla Tales: Godzilla World Tour 2020 (2020)
Featured review
Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla is regarded by many as the best Godzilla film in the 'Heisei' series,and it's easy to see why,with it's non-stop action,revivals of three of the 'Showa' series monsters and huge amount of monster footage. No leisurely build up here-we are plunged almost immediately into the action,and it than never lets up apart from a brief slowing down in the middle.
This was Godzilla's 40th anniversary film,and so it is rife with scenes from Showa Godzilla films copied,including even certain shots-for instance,Godzilla attacking an oil refinary from the original Godzilla Vs Mothra,or Rodan knocking down Godzilla from Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster,there's a terrific knowingness to this film. The plot here is very simple but effective in it's simplicity,and Akira Ifikube's score is simply wonderful,his best ever for a Godzilla film,full of memorable themes and often amazingly poignant.
The film is let down a little by it's monsters-the new baby Godzilla is great and far better than 'Minya' from the 'Showa' series,but Rodan and Mechagodzilla look inferior to their predecessors. The fights are OK but the climactic one is somewhat static,and the film has a lot less visual imagination than the last three films. It's difficult to say if this is better than the previous two films,it lacks the wild and crazy story of Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah or the sense of wonder and eye candy of Godzilla vs Mothra,but if you just want monsters on the rampage and battling it out,this one delivers wonderfully,and most Godzilla fans want little more than that.
This was Godzilla's 40th anniversary film,and so it is rife with scenes from Showa Godzilla films copied,including even certain shots-for instance,Godzilla attacking an oil refinary from the original Godzilla Vs Mothra,or Rodan knocking down Godzilla from Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster,there's a terrific knowingness to this film. The plot here is very simple but effective in it's simplicity,and Akira Ifikube's score is simply wonderful,his best ever for a Godzilla film,full of memorable themes and often amazingly poignant.
The film is let down a little by it's monsters-the new baby Godzilla is great and far better than 'Minya' from the 'Showa' series,but Rodan and Mechagodzilla look inferior to their predecessors. The fights are OK but the climactic one is somewhat static,and the film has a lot less visual imagination than the last three films. It's difficult to say if this is better than the previous two films,it lacks the wild and crazy story of Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah or the sense of wonder and eye candy of Godzilla vs Mothra,but if you just want monsters on the rampage and battling it out,this one delivers wonderfully,and most Godzilla fans want little more than that.
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- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 2
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- Budget
- $9,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) officially released in Canada in English?
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