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Siskoid

Gamera vs. Jiger is probably the best Gamera film since the original despite having a lackluster antagonist and barely any plot on the human side of things (unless you count what looks like an extended commercial for the '70 Expo). Jiger looks vaguely like a triceratops, but lays eggs inside other kaiju like an insect, it's called up when a giant cursed whistle of a statue is ripped from the ground, it's got all sorts of powers that don't really fit together, and because of its stiff four-legged stance, it's hard to see inside the destruction of a model city. Even so, there's no lack of giant monster action, and for the first time in at least four films, no need to pad things out with clips from previous chapters. Of course it's a Gamera movie, so the kids are the real human stars - here they pull a Fantastic Voyage on their monstrous friend and find Jiger's weakness while the adults gawp stupidly - that's par for the course. You either go with it, or you don't (and if you don't, avoid Gamera movies whenever possible).

6 years ago