Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

SpecialsTarget Disturbing yet enthralling

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

kevinxirau "Why stop with the success of the first film Gamera: Guardian of the Universe?," Toho thought. Gamera returns to save the earth once again, but this time he will not fight alone.Following a mysterious meteor shower, strange incidents have started to occur. It soon becomes apparent that the meteors brought something: swarming, insectoid alien creatures appropriately named Legion. Led by a gigantic and powerful queen Legion and growing massive plants in major cities, even Gamera cannot stop these monstrous creatures all by himself. Humanity must lend a helping hand to the Guardian of the Universe to put an end to the attack of the Legion.This is all pretty cool. The story is great, English dubbing doesn't get exaggerated, music is spectacular, and the effects and action scenes are a true delight. I love how over time, the human characters explore more and more of the biology of the Legion like how they communicate with each other via electromagnetic waves. It's really awesome seeing the military actually help Gamera take on the Legion, especially the Legion Queen.My only real gripe is how they rendered Gamera's fire breath fairly useless against the Legion Queen and later Iris in the third film. Come on, can't he hit them both directly at least once? What's the point of giving Gamera a fire breath if he's only gonna kill the Gyaos and a giant plant with it? Anyway, my final verdict is that this is still an awesome monster movie, very realistic and taken pretty seriously. A worthy entry to the Gamera franchise. Check it out.

RandalllFlagg I came back to Gamera after revisiting the series from the MST3K DVDs I bought. I knew there were a few updated new movies out back in the '90s and finally was compelled to buy the box set. I don't regret it. This second movie of the trilogy begins with a freak meteor storm that impacts Japan and surrounding areas. Folks go investigate the crater, learn the meteor slowed down and disappeared, get a scientist babe involved, etc. Things start happening, and they seemed to occur as if the incidents started at the crater and moved in a deliberate march towards population. "Maybe the meteor moved."Long story short, the rock spawned a silicon beast with lots of little beasts and a flower the size of a building which will launch a seed into space. And Gamera appears to save the day. Eventually.The SFX were done very well. The destruction of an entire city, Gamera's new retractable fins (Who knew Gamera was a convertible?) and new, "Mana Blast." The acting was pretty good as well. Asagi and Osako, the girl who helped Gamera in the previous movie and the inspector (Now he's a security guard at a warehouse full of beer -SWEET!), return.Not as good as the third Gamera movie, but still ranking up there for me.There's a special surprise I'd just discovered that compelled me to write this, though. Yesterday, I popped this in and started it up so I could sleep (I seem to sleep better if the sounds of giant Japanese monsters ripping through cities are playing in my head -don't ask me why). I must have changed the audio settings in my sleep. There's three on my DVD: English 1, English 2 and Japanese. Well, all the times I watched this movie I had it set to the first. While sleeping, I set it to second and OMG! The Colonel suddenly sounded like Bill Clinton, launching wisecracks at every opportunity. Asagi sounded like Daisy Duke with a thicker accent. And whenever a crowd of Japanese folks was running for their lives from certain destruction, someone always yelled, "HOLY CRAAAP!!" I couldn't stop laughing. I don't know if this was some kind of fun humor, or a cruel prank on the movie's producers. If for no other reason, rent this DVD and set the audio for some fun. It'll be worth it.I'm going to see if this was done to the other two Gamera movies today.

deaconsjohnson Upon watching Gamera 2 I've come to the conclusion that this is the best kaiju movie ever.#1 Gamera faced an impossible enemy who not only had thousands of deadly offspring,but was over twice his size with awesome fire power.#2 There was also a daytime battle in which you got to get a better look at both monsters.#3 Need I say more on how cool Gamera looked when he inhaled oxygen from the Legion pod before he blew it to pieces.#4 The destructive blast to the city of Sentai that took Gamera out as well was second to none.#5 Who can forget about how before the last battle Gamera flew into a side slide landing as well as blasting Legion with Plasma Fireballs.#6 Need I say more about the Plasma blast Gamera fired from his chest that took out Legion once and for all.I think this movie was better that any Gojira movie ever made.

DarkPhoen1x Gamera 2: Advent of Legion is really good. Not perfect, and not as good as Gamera 3, but still pretty good. The movie uses several innovative techniques new to the kaiju world. For example, the movie introduces the human-sized legions as a horror element. They attack (and actually kill, something rare in kaiju films), the people on a commuter train. And it has pretty good marionetes. The mother Legion itself looks pretty good and has remarkable mobility for a creature of its size. If you compare it to Destroyah...well, no contest. Gamera looks different too, and has a new mode of flight. His hands transform into flippers when he flies. This is a controversial change, to say the least, but I think it looks ok. Anyway, I think there is enough good stuff about this movie to purchase it. A step up from Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe and a step up from the Godzilla series. Don't worry Godzilla fans, Godzilla can still make the best destruction films, but for an actually GOOD kaiju movie, check this one out. But if you want the best go for Gamera 3...