Godzilla vs. Gigan Review

Review of Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) by screenqueeen: 👍 3/5

The Godzilla series seems to be upping its kaiju newcomers lethality but in turn the plots keep recycling themselves, taking bits and pieces of other installments that proved to work then in a hopeful attempt to work once more. However this isn't the first time that's happened, just the first time it started getting stale for me (although the cockroach reveal was a cute way to attempt to connect this to GODZILLA VS HEDORAH and its environmental implications).

The kaiju fights are getting meaner and more visceral, complete with Gigan buzzing its saws on both Godzilla and Anguirus, drawing gouts of blood regularly and almost one-upping Hedorah's ability to nearly incapacitate big green. It's kind of a huge tonal shift from giving Godzilla and Anguirus on-screen speech bubbles when they talk to each other, but I welcome it.