Ultraman Zearth suffers a crippling defeat at the hands of his evil counterpart, Ultraman Shadow before the opening credits even have a chance to fire up. Unfortunately, that means Ultraman’s human host, Asahi (Masaharu Ishibashi) spends most of the movie kicking rocks and sulking because he got beat up. Meanwhile, the hot alien chick that controls Ultraman Shadow uses a mind control beam to kidnap hundreds of civilians to keep him powered up. It’s then up to Ultraman Zearth to stop being such a wimp and kick some ass.
Ultraman Zearth 2 is an uneven, but mostly entertaining affair. Some of the computer graphics are so shoddy that it makes the action look like cut scenes from a PC video game. Fortunately, much of the action comes in the form of guys in old school rubber suits beating the crap out of each other. When all this is going down, the movie works, even if some of the monsters are overly cutesy this time around.
As with the previous entry, the Ultraman team works out of a gas station, but this time they have a clam-faced alien who washes cars and has a credit card machine built into his hands. Unlike the last flick, it’s kinda slow going (even though it’s only a little over an hour long) and suffers from a decided lack of Ultraman in the middle act. The good news is the final showdown between Ultraman Zearth and Ultraman Shadow is well done and entertaining. However, that doesn’t quite make up for his absence elsewhere in the picture. Regardless, the flick contains one unintentionally hilarious scene where the alien villainess receives what can only be described as a “Golden Shower” from her boyfriend. This shit has to be seen to be believed and is further proof that watching a ton of Ultraman movies back-to-back was a good idea.
AKA: Ultraman Zearth 2: Superhuman Big Battle – Light and Shadow.
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