Godzilla X Mechagodzilla
AKA
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
(2002)
Staring:
Godzilla
Kiryu
Premise: In the year 1999, Japan is caught off-guard by the appearance of a second Godzilla. Japan launches it's Anti-Mega Losses Force (I shit you not, that's their actual name) and the uber awsome Maser Tanks that have failed to work on so many monsters in the past, but are too damn cool to get rid of. Amung the AML Force soldiers is Akane, who was hired for her fine ass, but kept because she is bad ass. The AML Force engages Godzilla, and promptly fails, but during the confusion of the battle, Akane accidentally gets an entire group of soldiers killed through a slapstick routine of klutzy mistakes that would make the Three Stooges proud.
In the wake of Godzilla's attack, the Prime Minister approves the construction of a giant cyborg to combat Godzilla...a Mechagodzilla (what else?). Scientists have retrieved the remains of the original Godzilla from 1954 and build the ultimate machine around them.
Four years pass, and Mechagodzilla is finally completed. Dubbed "Kiryu" for some dumb reason that's never explained, the machine is backed up by Squadron Kiryu (as stupid as this name is, you have to admit it's a step up from Anti-Mega Losses Force) and Akane at the helm controling the cyborg, ready to take revenge on the monster. But she is haunted by the claims that her comrads loss of life was her fault, and now she has something to prove.
So gear up the giant robot and get ready for some lizard wrasslin'! Godzilla has just surfaced again, and Kiryu is ready for action! In what is probably the brightest move ever concieved by the Japanese military since giant monsters appeared, Kiryu is unmanned, and is controlled by Akane onboard of three areal ships that accompany Kiryu into action, but from a safer distance.
Kiryu engages Godzilla, and nails the lizard's tail to the wall. Godzilla pretty much gets his ass handed to him, until he gets the bright idea of bellowing a mighty roar. At the sound of this, Kiryu freezes, allowing Godzilla to escape in the nick of time. Kiryu then begins to move by himself and goes on a rampage that would make it's tissue doner proud. Eventually, Kiryu runs out of power and shuts down.
What happened? Godzilla's roar awakened the tortured soul of the original Godzilla deep inside the bones that Kiryu was built around? Nah, that's about as insane as turning a dead giant lizard into giant robot to defend humanity. Oh wait...now it's starting to sound better.
Politics come into play, and the Mechagodzilla project is on the verge of being shut down. It's bad enough that a monster surfaces from time to time, now the government is using taxes to build them too. Still, repairs are underway on Kiryu and, sure enough, Godzilla arises again. But should Kiryu be given a second chance?
What would our finale be without some giant monster action?
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