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For the 1970 Expo in Osaka, an ancient statue is to be removed from
Wester Island to be displayed in the islands pavillion - but Gamera
interferes, as he for some reason doesn't want the statue removed.
However, his interference is futile ... but once the archeologists tasked
with unrooting the statue are gone, Gamera is attacked and defeated by a
monster called Jiger. Jiger then sets out to follow the statue to Osaka,
and lays half the city to ruins. Gamera shows up for a rematch, but Jiger
gives him one of her (!) larvae to swallow, and Gamera falls into the sea
and chokes on the larva. Then Jiger decides it's a good idea to take a nap
in the destroyed city. Fortunately for Gamera there are two boys
(Tsutomu Takakuwa, Kelly Varis), who have a tiny submarine at their
disposal which they steer right into Gamera until they find ... Jiger's
offspring that has since hatched and is now a tiny dragon, and who has
been blocking Gamera's respiratory system. The boys find out little Jiger
hates their radio's static soundwaves and chase it away this way, clearing
Gamera's throat. Gamera returns from the dead, and after Jiger is weakened
with all the static soundwaves Osaka has to offer, he beats her to a pulp
and kills her, just in time for the Expo to open peacefully. Gamera
vs Monster X is definitely a monster movie with great trash potential
- what with clumsy Fantastic Voyage-references, that silly turtle,
a monster that shoots spears, a small monster hatching inside a big
monster's throat, a mini sub, clumsy special effects and and and ... but
unfortunately, all of this never comes to full swing as the movie as such
relies way too much on the Gamera-series basic formula -
which includes kids doing all the heroics (and unconvincingly so) while
also pushing the cuteness factor that seems horribly out of place in a
film about monsters thrashing cities. That said, the film is still fun at
least, it just could have been much more so if given a more
"grown-up" treatment.
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