Ultraman Victory is just minding his business when he falls into a sinkhole and is attacked by a monster. Another baddie shows up and steals Victory’s girlfriend’s necklace, which can give him supreme power. The villain has also imprisoned Ultraman Ginga, which raises the stakes considerably. Lucky for Victory, Ultraman Hikari gives him a magic flute that turns into a sword to aid him in his quest to stop the monster from awakening the evil emperor of the galaxy.
Ultra Fight Victory is essentially three episodes of an Ultraman YouTube series edited together. As such, the effects are a little chintzier compared to the other films made around the same time. Most of the time, it’s just a bunch of people standing in front of an obvious green screen. (It also looks like they reused footage from Ultraman Ginga S the Movie for the scenes where the Ultramen combine their powers.) Despite being a smaller budgeted affair, it still manages to pack a lot of Ultraman brawls and monster fights into a short amount of time. (It’s only thirty-eight minutes long.) Some of the dialogue is priceless too. My favorite line came when the villain sent his minions into battle by saying, “Go, terrible monsters!”
It helps that Ultraman Victory is a pretty cool customer. He has a great power where he can change out his hand for limbs of monsters he’s previously defeated. The fact that the objects he uses to summon his powers look suspiciously like Ultraman action figures makes it even funnier. Even though he’s playing with toys most of the time, these toys are certainly more badass than the flute sword weapon, that’s for sure. But heck, who am I kidding? I even find the silly/stupid/cheesy shit like that in these movies endearing. Besides, they’ve got to put something in there to appease the marching band fanbase.
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