A few thoughts: The highlight of these kaiju movies is generally the monsters themselves, which puts this movie in the class of entertainment that does a great job at offering fans what they want but still somehow comes up a little short. There's a giant squid monster, a giant crab monster, and a giant turtle monster in this movie, with a scene involving a fight between the latter two, but without a decent human story to make it all mean much of anything, it all feels incredibly frivolous. Does that mean it isn't entertaining? Absolutely not, but the human parts are severely lacking. I like the effects here, though the lack of Eiji Tsuburaya's contribution to the rubber suits can definitely be felt here, particularly during the squid monster scenes. If you just want to see giant corny monsters stomp around and smash things, it may all be on a jungle island, but this movie offers plenty of that. If you want a little more in-depth of a story, this won't be the one I'd recommend. It's second-grade Honda, but I still enjoy it.
Fans of kaiju movies. It wouldn't be near the top of my recommendation list, but it's still a fun watch.
My grade: C+
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