Some nerds witness a meteor crash on Earth. It turns out to be a spaceship, and the evil aliens inside unleash their monster, ZillaFoot on the populace. The government scrambles to stop it and eventually, “Ultrasquad”, a giant superhero is called in to help fight the monster.
ZillaFoot is a Polonia Brothers movie. It’s obvious they have a lot of love for the giant monster genre as there’s a lot of Godzilla posters and T-shirts sprinkled throughout the film. However, the budget just wasn’t there to pull off the needs of the genre in a convincing way.
ZillaFoot himself is a pretty terrible creation. The idea of a monster that’s essentially a cross between Godzilla and King Kong sounds cool, but the execution leaves something to be desired. The monster is essentially a guy in a bad gorilla suit with lizard hands and feet. That’s it. Along the way, he smashes a few tanks, battles Ultrasquad, and… well… that’s about it. The character of Ultrasquad is executed slightly better as he is an obvious homage to Ultraman. Even then, he’s not especially well made as he’s just a guy in a red spandex suit with a lame alien mask over his head.
There are some decent ideas and a few OK moments. That’s not nearly enough to save the movie though. There’s also a lot of padding that comes in the form of news broadcasts (with a reporter wearing a Lucha Libre mask for some inexplicable reason), Zoom calls between government officials, and annoying guys making YouTube videos. If you cut out all that crap, ZillaFoot still wouldn’t have been much to write home about, but at least it would’ve been a hell of a lot shorter.
The most infuriating thing about the flick is the ending, or should I say, the lack of one. The fight between ZillaFoot and Ultrasquad just sort of fizzles out, and when the aliens announce the arrival of ZillaFoot 2.0, the filmmakers likewise announce a sequel, and the movie ends. I for one will not be chomping at the bit for the second film, that’s for sure.
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