In 1957 Toho brought us The Mysterians in an attempt to cashin on the popularity of sci-fi movies in the west. It was commercially successful but in this guys eyes was an appalling film.
It spawned two sequels and this is the first of them. I expected bad, I just didn't expect it to be anywhere near as bad as this.
I'd give my usual brief on the story but I'd feel dirty in doing so. Partially because it's so recycled and partially because it's such an absolute mess.
Somehow it actually manages to look bad even for it's time, the writing is atrocious and the plot is a jumbled mess of incoherence, pseudo science and stupidity.
Toho made great moody bleak movies and became the kings of the kaiju films but sci-fi? What an embarassment.
The Good:
It ended
The Bad:
Awful plot
Incredibly ugly
Cringe inducing script
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Gravity randomly turns on and off at will
Toho scifi is too bad even for the Scyfy channel
It spawned two sequels and this is the first of them. I expected bad, I just didn't expect it to be anywhere near as bad as this.
I'd give my usual brief on the story but I'd feel dirty in doing so. Partially because it's so recycled and partially because it's such an absolute mess.
Somehow it actually manages to look bad even for it's time, the writing is atrocious and the plot is a jumbled mess of incoherence, pseudo science and stupidity.
Toho made great moody bleak movies and became the kings of the kaiju films but sci-fi? What an embarassment.
The Good:
It ended
The Bad:
Awful plot
Incredibly ugly
Cringe inducing script
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Gravity randomly turns on and off at will
Toho scifi is too bad even for the Scyfy channel