Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth

1992 [JAPANESE]

Action / Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 61% · 9 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 61% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 6181 6.2K

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Plot summary

Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by calling Mothra to battle the creature. Unfortunately a meteorite has awoken a hibernating Godzilla as a three way battle for the Earth begins.

Director

Takao Okawara Photo
Takao Okawara

Top cast

Keiko Imamura Photo
Keiko Imamura as Cosmos #1
Susumu Kurobe Photo
Susumu Kurobe as Official
Kenzo Ogiwara Photo
Kenzo Ogiwara as Takeo Shimura
Shin'ya Ohwada Photo
Shin'ya Ohwada as Official
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
940.41 MB
1280*700
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 1
1.7 GB
1904*1040
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 25

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain 7 / 10

Gojira vs. Mosura (1992)

The 90's series makes way for Mothra. This time she's from the cosmos, as are her mini-twin lady friends. We're also introduced to Battra. One of the best things about this film is way each monster teeters between hero and villain. Each has a mission of their own, but they aren't exactly evil. It makes for much more interesting fights, and even a little depth to monster smash ups. The film begins as a strange Indiana Jones adventure film. Crumbling temples, rickety bridges etc. It adds for a little bit of unexpected fun before entering the world we are familiar with. Almost like if a Bond film started with a monster attack. Sure it's cheap and unoriginal, but for a film that has some boxes to tick, it's nice to have some variety. There is a heavy feminine touch to this movie. Toho trying to bring in the ladies to push up the box office receipts. The monsters have a lot more love and care, and we see a broken family at the heart of all this. This film really made me sit up during the destruction scenes. In broad daylight, it still looked real. The filmmakers now confident to compose images of monsters in the background and people in the foreground. It allows for some tremendous shots of absolute chaos, and stops the streets from seeming too empty.
Reviewed by AlsExGal 6 / 10

Overlong, overcomplicated Creature Feature is still somewhat enjoyable

A meteorite falls from the sky into the "Ogasawara Trench" in the Pacific Ocean. It awakens Godzilla, and Battra ( a sea going monster with a huge horn in its' forehead, and spikes for skin). The meteorite inspires an atoll to pop up and expand into an island. Cut to an Indiana Jones wanna-be, who is busily robbing an ancient tomb somewhere in Indonesia. After he gets the relic he wants, and escapes from the trap his thievery sets off, he's caught by government men and jailed. After being freed from jail by a company that wants his relic, He and his ex-wife, who works for the company, go to the new island, "Infant Island". There they find a giant, multi-hued egg, and discover mini twins, (they're called The Cosmos in this movie) who live in a flower, and will translate the various noises the Monsters make. A ship is hired to take the Egg back to Tokyo. It Hatches on the way back And that's just the first fifteen minutes. Let's see - The Cosmos sing four songs to Mothra, in untranslated Japanese; Battra's red eyes shoot red lasers, which kill everything they touch; Godzilla shoots blue lasers from his mouth that make things explode, and which whitens his teeth ( he ought to patent that); and Mothra shoots white..stuff that forms a cocoon for him when he's ready to evolve, or which immobilizes his enemies. When Battra and Mothra have morphed into their flying forms, they are actually beautiful ( as long as the camera doesn't get too close). Nagoya (sp?), Tokyo , and Yokohama get stomped in this one.
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