Gamera vs Viras " aka: Destroy All Planets"

Yes I am back and this time I have brought some friends with me. Gamera and is arch nemesis Viras! A fun import from Japan thanks to our friends at Mills Creek Home Video!

Please allow me to do this part of the revue in the form of political commentary. In the United States, most boys who join Boy Scouts, learn to rub two sticks together to create a spark that will start a fire where the boys can roast hot dogs and marshmallows. Only later the scouts grow up to become irresponsible adults who think they remember how to start a simple camp fire only to burn down half of California. In "Destroy All Planets" two Japanese boys sneak off from their scout troop, enter a highly secured research base and are able to rewire a submarine to float backwards when it is supposed to float forwards. No wonder the Japanese kids are smarter than ours.

A space ship that looks like something found in an arcade game at Chucky Cheese has arrived and will stop at nothing to destroy the earth. Can the military stop them? No! Can the scientist stop them? No! Can Gamera do it all alone? No! Yep. You guessed it! Our hero's who have never flown on a space ship are able to reverse the mind control devise used by the bad guys and save Tokyo!

A big plus in this movie is if you have not had the pleasure of seeing any other Gamera films, the invaders from space use their machines to look back in time at the fight scenes that took part in other Gamera films. A nice touch. The film also has a fun twisted last 15 minutes. Check this one out if you can.