Urutora Q za mûbi: Hoshi no densetsu

1990
1h 52m

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Urutora Q za mûbi: Hoshi no densetsu (1990)

The disappearance of a TV news reporter leads his co-workers to go searching for him. Later, the co-workers discover that a mysterious woman in red and the sudden appearance of a giant monst... Read allThe disappearance of a TV news reporter leads his co-workers to go searching for him. Later, the co-workers discover that a mysterious woman in red and the sudden appearance of a giant monster might hold the key as to the whereabouts of their missing friend.The disappearance of a TV news reporter leads his co-workers to go searching for him. Later, the co-workers discover that a mysterious woman in red and the sudden appearance of a giant monster might hold the key as to the whereabouts of their missing friend.

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6.5/10

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6/10

A weird film that provides sporadic fun.

I feel like I've seen most of the proper kaiju movies out there, so trying to dig deeper into the genre has me uncovering movies lately that feature some giant monsters, but aren't full-blown giant monster movies, if that makes sense. Princess from the Moon was one, and now Ultra Q: The Movie is another.

I was almost going to accept there wouldn't be much at all as far as kaiju were concerned, but then a surprisingly good scene hit right on the one-hour-mark, and I felt a bit more interested. Before then, it's not terrible, and has an interesting premise, though the presentation felt a bit off and the characters were kind of flat. Those problems make the second half much better, because that's where most of the action set pieces and special effects are contained.

There's a weirdness throughout that's kind of endearing, and the film was unique in a way that proved entertaining in bursts throughout. A little more energy or snappier writing/pacing could've made this something surprisingly great, but as it stands, I think this was decent.

On the scale of baffling in an annoying way to baffling in an awesome way, it would fall a little off from the centre, ever so slightly more toward awesome than annoying.