Comwayon
A Disappointing Continuation
Stoutor
It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.
Asad Almond
A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
Zandra
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
the_wolf_imdb
This movie has pretty decent special effects for its era and might be quite good. The fundamental flaw is the incredible nativity of the plot and stupidity of the "actions" of Earth soldiers. A little hint here: You should never allow troops to be lead to the war by the nation who just lost the war. The combat scenes are stupid and overall "plan" of Japan lead Earthlings is basically nonexistent. I do mean the combat scenes are painfully stupid. This has degraded the movie so much! I think it still worth to see how great special effects could be made before the CGI era. They are really really good. But the plot should be written by someone completely else.
Rabh17
For a lot of us who were kids in the 60's, this movie may have only come on TV on Saturday Night at either 11, 12 Midnight or even worse-- the Late, Late, Late Movie at 2AM before the Station Signed-Off with the Test Pattern screaming that high pitched: "Oooooooooooooooooooooooo" And if we were kids, you probably only caught this movie by ACCIDENT and had to BEG your parent not to send you to bed. If you were lucky-- it was your Dad, and he would melt. If you were unlucky, it was Mom-- for whom space movies were trash-- and she just reached over and 'CLICK' And you NEVER saw this one again. Oh.. and guaranteed, if you DID manage to catch it on TV way back then-- 1) you only saw it in BLACK & WHITE! And 2) you only saw it CROPPED for the regular TUBE TV. So you NEVER saw the full WIDE-SCREEN Theatrical Movie version. And even better reason to rent the DVD today.Well, this guy was the George Lucas of his age. Yeah-- there were wires holding the ships up-- but remember, it was 1958-59. They didn't have Video Editing. Plus-- TV sets and Movies weren't that 'crisp' If you weren't Looking for the wires, you didn't see them. Plus-- if you see the Wires, google images for this movie and note the SIZE of the ships. This are not cheap plastic models. The Moon ships stand at least 5 feetWhat you DID see was Spaceships, Flying Saucers, Rayguns, and men in silver Spacesuits fighting Aliens on the Moon. What else could a Kid want? Fun part for people watching this thing Now: Aliens attack Earth. Response: Give Scientists RAYGUNS and send them to the moon.Think about it: They gave SCIENTISTS Rayguns and sent them to the Moon to Destroy the Aliens-- NOT TALK TO THEM.Scientists Get to Moon, and encounter a mob of spacesuited munchkin aliens pawing up the single Female crewmember in a lunar cave.Do they stop and think: "Let us attempt to Communicate with these advanced Aliens?" NO-- These Scientists are MURDEROUS. He Pulls gasping crew-woman away from those grasping four-fingered mitts, unlimbers his disintegrator rifle and (Point-- these aliens are UNARMED, BTW) and he MOWS THEM DOWN! Beyond that-- there's the Mumbo-Jumbo science-- How a Freeze Ray will create Anti-gravity for example.The fact that mysterious light rays can turn innocent scientists into Zombie Slaves-- and nobody gets alarmed when the scientist starts clutching his head and stumbling around Or the fact that on the moon, the Alien Mastermind has a FLEET of flying saucers under his claw-- but can only get a single Zombie Slave to do the task of blowing up the Earth Spaceships. And Tells him to HURRY! HURRY! But beyond that-- the spacebattles, the disintegrator rays, the Moonbase, the Moon Battles.If you're a Sci-Fi buff, put this one on when your friends are over on a rainy or cold winter Saturday Afternoon. Within its limitations, It's an exciting movie from the Age of Outer Space.
libra_oct_1963
I thoroughly enjoyed this film. It is certainly paced slower than modern sci-fi movies, but the action moved along at a good pace nonetheless. The backgrounds, matte work, color and special effects were very impressive.The one conceivable flaw was that there were no stand out actors or personal relationships (no love interest as there was in the original Godzilla). This may have been intentional as the story meant to emphasize a global effort against a ruthless and cruel invader.) I would rate this on the upper scale of Toho's scifi efforts (anotehr under-rated, under-viewed film would be "H-Men").If you are a kaiju fan you will not be disappointed.
r-c-s
In the future (1965!) alien invaders attack earth. They ride flying saucers and are able to control humans through microscopic brain implants. They destroy a giant, manned satellite and then proceed to build a base on the moon. Counterattack is soon launched and the battle is won after a few plot twists. TAKEN FOR WHAT IT IS (=Japanese 1950s low budget ) is is a very pleasant movie: SFX are good, era/genre wise. It is much better than THE MYSTERIANS. Character development is little (if anything). There are no meaningful plot twists, besides the "human controlled by aliens", played twice ( subplot often used in coming sci-fi series, namely the 1960s UFO ). Acting is mediocre and cardboard. There are a few incongruities: the first subdued human is an Indian scientist attending a secret convention to showcase the new weapons to use against the aliens. Interpol agents arrive chasing said Indian scientist...but how could they possibly know of his trance induced by aliens? Later, aliens attacks the 2 spaceships approaching the Moon. Yet, while said spaceships are exposed during the landing phase, aliens mysteriously disappear, to come back later. Again, no trace of the aliens during a few meaningful moments of vulnerability. Also watch out for the chase after prof. Achmed: more goofy&hilarious than Abbott&Costello! All in all a pleasant movie, but i'm not sure i'd watch it twice.
