ZAP SPACY crewmembers Rei (Shota Minami) and Hyuga (Hiroyuki Konishi) answer a distress call coming from inside a mysterious wormhole. They get sucked into the vortex and soon learn it’s a pathway to the Multiverse. It seems the Multiverse is being threatened by a race of aliens who are using an evil version of Ultraman Zero called Darklops Zero as muscle. The real Ultraman Zero eventually shows up to join the fight and must square off against not only Darklops Zero, but an evil army of Ultraman clones.
Despite the potential inherent in utilizing the Multiverse concept, Ultra Galaxy Legend Side Story: Ultraman Zero vs. Darklops Zero doesn’t set out to reinvent the wheel. Instead, it opts to deliver a breezy good time. I find it interesting that the Ultraman series was doing the whole Multiverse thing a good decade before the MCU and DC flicks. Sure, maybe it doesn’t explore the Multiverse idea to its fullest, and there may have been a missed opportunity or two along the way, but it is fun to see Ultraman Zero and Rei fighting and/or joining up with slightly different Multiverse versions of themselves.
After so much newfangled CGI in The Revenge of Belial, it was nice to see some good old-fashioned monster mashing for a change. The highlight is when Rei’s pet monster, Gomora squares off against its evil robotic Multiverse counterpart. The fights between Zero and the evil Ultramen are decent too and keeps the pace and energy going at a steady clip. Sure, there are still a few of the requisite greenscreen battles here, but even they feel a little more grounded this time out.
All in all, Ultraman Zero vs. Darklops Zero delivers the goods. It’s slightly longer than an hour and hits the ground running and never stops. Any Ultraman fan worth their salt should enjoy it.
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