Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla

                           Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla is the first of the MechaGodzilla Duology that closed out the Showa period. It introduced one of Godzilla's most popular foes who would go on to have a iteration in the three major eras. Another note of these two movies is they have two on one fight scenes with Godzilla and a ally vs MechaGodzilla in this one and the next one being MechaGodzilla and an ally vs Godzilla. 
                           The story is an Azumi priestess has a vision of  the world being destroyed by a giant monster. Meanwhile, Okinawa ruins are found with a statue of King Caesar, a Azumi god. A prophecy is written on the wall saying, "When a black mountain appears above the clouds, a huge monster will arise and try to destroy the world; but when the red moon sets and the sun rises in the west, two monsters shall appear to save the people.". The prophecy starts to come true including a monster arising. Godzilla comes out of Mt. Fuji, and wrecks havoc. Aguirus confronts this Godzilla, but of course gets his ass handed to him. Not before revealing a patch of metal beneath this Godzilla's skin. The real Godzilla shows up and confronts this impostor. He forces it to reveal it's true identity which is a mechanical version of himself. The fight ends with Godzilla missing and MechaGodzilla fleeing.  The Mechanical Godzilla is the super weapon of some aliens who look like Planet of the Apes rejects.

The aliens force a scientist to repair their damaged monster, while their agents pursue the statue. The statue is finally brought to the Azumi temple where the aliens try to stop them, but INTERPOL agents intervene. The statue is place upon the temple where a beam from its eyes reveals the sleeping place of King Caesar. The Azumi priestess sings to awaken the sleeping monster as a repaired MechaGodzilla approaches. King Caesar awakes just in time to confront the mechanical menace. He holds his own for a little while, but MechaGodzilla gets the upper hand. Godzilla arrives and teams up with King Caesar. During this to time, INTERPOL invades the alien base to save the scientist and destroy the MechaGodzilla controller.

With the computer destroyed, MechaGodzilla goes offline.  Godzilla displays yet another new ability that is not used again. By getting  struck by lightning, he has turned himself into a magnetic conductor. He uses this ability to keep MechaGodzilla from escaping. The statue is returned to the temple, and King Caesar goes back to sleep.

                 This film is a big improvement over the last few entries. It has little if any stock footage, the story is pretty intriguing, and the miniatures and fight choreography is top notch. I consider it a return to form for the series. The two new monsters are very unique.

King Caesar is something right out of eastern mythology. He isn't given any insane powers except he can reflect MechaGodzilla's laser beam back at him. MechaGodzilla is one the series' best. It was inspired by Mechani-Kong, a cyborg version of Kong featured in King Kong Escapes. MechaGodzilla is a worthy opponent to Godzilla. He even draws blood. The film even has interesting human characters. They are involved in a espionage like plot involving the statute. There's even a fair bit of action involving the humans. This is definitely a highly recommended entry.... And once again, the German's put King Kong in the title.