The evil Ultraman Belial escapes from space prison. He gets revenge on the Ultramen by stealing their beacon of hope, The Plasma Spark and destroying their home world, The Land of Light. He then goes to the monster graveyard planet and resurrects an army of dead monsters to help him take over the universe. Ultraman Mebius escapes the fray and finds Rei, a human pilot who has alien blood that allows him to control monsters. Together, they team up to take Belial down. When they don’t prove powerful enough, they turn to the galaxy’s last hope, the young, undisciplined, and potentially dangerous Ultraman Zero for help.
The scenes that take place on The Land of Light are very cool. It’s neat to see the Ultramen going about their daily routine, training the next generation of Ultraman, and standing at attention in case of an emergency. Previous Ultraman movies had upwards of seven or eight Ultramen. This one has hundreds.
Belial is a tough customer too. He looks like a cross between Ultron, Carnage, and the monster from Split Second. The fight he has with several Ultramen on the side of a building features great choreography, dizzying camerawork and is as good as anything in a Spider-Man movie.
True to its title, there are lots of monsters in this one. Although many appear in CGI form, they’ve been given the look, weight, and feel of a traditional man in a rubber suit monster, which is frankly, awesome. And the shit really hits the fan for the Ultramen when the creatures all combine with Belial to make one supreme monster.
Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy: The Movie is perhaps missing some of the dramatic meat that made the prequel, Ghost Rebirth a classic example of Tokusatsu. It might also have more supporting characters than necessary. However, it moves like lightning and there is no shortage of badass monster brawls here. One such large scale fight almost plays like a man in rubber monster suit version of the battle in Braveheart. Because of that, it’s a hell of a lot of fun and remains massively entertaining throughout.
AKA: Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends: The Movie.
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