Two giant Godzilla sized Kaiju go toe-to-toe in this entertaining Japanese monster movie. Gaira is the giant green violent savage gorilla-like monster from the sea and Sanda is the giant brown peaceful gorilla-like monster who lives in the mountains. The film starts with the green one going on a puny human killing spree. The puny humans almost kill the green monster when the brown monster shows up to rescue it's brother. After the green one recovers, it resumes killing puny human and the brown one realized he must stop the green one. The two fight a slow motion battle in a miniature Tokyo, which is a whole lot of fun for Japanese monster movie fans. Compared to other Kaiju films, this one consistently features giant monsters throughout and didn't make it's audience wait through dull talky exposition between rubber suited monster battle. Overall, "The War of the Gargantuas" a must see for fans of rubber suited actors smashing miniature sets.

I've never liked Tamblyn much anyway, but he was still below his normal level of performance here. I'm sure a lot of it had to do with the dubbing, but still… some of it was just Tamblyn. He looked bored and self-conscious. I don't think his facial expression changed once in the hour and a half running time. He looked like he was waiting for a bus, and that saying his lines posed something of an inconvenience.A few outstanding moments: love the scene where the fisherman looks into the water and sees the green gargantua glaring up at him; that was a real nice "jump". I also like the scene where the green one is emerging from the sea at a distance; it's not clear (aside from the title of the film) what exactly that thing is at first since it's so far away, and it gives quite a creepy effect. And, of course, the scene where the green one runs away, leaps off the land and into the sea is just hilarious… that was the scene my little brother and I always waited for and then howled at.The brown one took longer to show up than I remembered from previous viewings; I almost forgot he was coming. The interaction between the two is nice… not all that subtle, perhaps, but subtle for a Japanese monster movie. The usual big mess is made by the warring creatures, with much destruction of model buildings and vehicles. I got a chuckle out of the female lead's plea not to kill the "good" gargantua… lady, the two of them are rolling all over the entire city locked in mortal combat; if we don't do something pretty darn quick, they're going to level the whole metropolitan area! The less that is said about the female lounge singer, the better. I'd like to stick something in her throat that would preclude her from ever singing again; she has absolutely no talent whatsoever. Yes, the song was terrible, but that wasn't where the entire fault lay.I don't know how it would be to watch this for the first time as an adult. As an adult who loved it as a kid, it's a fun way to spend 90 minutes. First time I'd ever seen it with the proper aspect ratio; I was so used to watching it on a small, square analog TV that it really seemed new and fresh on a 32" flat-screen… not to mention that it's much easier to tell the gargantuas apart in living color!

Needless sequel to "Frankenstein Conquers The World/Vs. Baragon" sees the emergence of a giant and evil Gargantua that has been attacking the Japanese countryside and waters, murdering people and worse, before it sets its sights on the city. Meanwhile, the Frankenstein boy from the first film re-emerges, only now has changed into a gargantuan itself(though a good one) that tries to stop the killing and destruction, though there is revealed to be a most unexpected connection between them. Equally tacky and preposterous film has a higher degree of violence than usual, but is still difficult to sit through. At least there wasn't a part III!

I have seen just about EVERY Japanese monster movie including all of the Godzilla movies. This has got to be the very best fight scene of all of them. The two Gargantuas are relentless. They push each other into buildings and slam each others heads in the ground and all this happens while the army shoots lazers at the green one! Also, the miniature work in these scenes is also wonderful. The fight goes into Tokyo Bay and it just KEEPS GOING. The green one throws a ship at the Brown one and then the Brown one throws it right back! NEVER has a Godzilla movie or a Gamera movie come close to this. A truly wonderful monster movie.When I was a kid in Los Angeles in the early to mid 70's, they would show "War of the Gargantuas" EVERY SINGLE NIGHT, for an entire week! It was called "The Channel 5 Movie Theater." They would really show the same damn movie every night at prime time! It seemed like every two months "War of the Gargantuas" would come on for it's weekly run! Every kid kid knew this movie. I am watching it right now as I write this.