Of you watch this with complete tongue in cheek, you'll have a better time than just watching it straight. I enjoyed the English dubbed version because every recitation of the lines sounded something that the Zucker brothers would have spoofed in the a
"Arplane!" and "Naked Gun" movies. if the original Japanese language version is completely serious, it wouldn't be the delightful comedy that just turns out to be, unintentionally of course, where the dubbing is so over dramatic and some of the situations so bizarre that you can't help but laugh at it.
What exactly is a Dagora? In what appears to be a green mist with arms, it's actually a giant jellyfish with a taste for the carbons of the earth, sucking up call and then spitting them back after it's got its fill of the diamonds that it finds. The initial appearance of the giant Dagora is actually pretty scary, that is until they show it's appendages. The shot of it pulling up a bridge by its legs is quite frightening, but the chuckles take over when the obvious animation of the monster is made clear.
There are apparently earthlings who do the jellyfishes bid in, alleged diamond thieves who dominate the plot more than the actual creature does. They are pretty inept, as are the federal agents out to stop them are, and at times, this resembles an Inspector Clouseau rip-off. There's also one caucasian character who has an amusing sequence escaping from one of the Japanese bad guys, and a sexy Japanese femme fatale as well. the shots at the beginning of the humans levitating makes absolutely no sense, but when the Jaguar starts shooting unwanted large bits of cold back, it does get a bit tense. So this is a mixture of impressive special effects mixed with weak effects, and after a while, it's best just to sit back and enjoy it for all of its silliness.
What exactly is a Dagora? In what appears to be a green mist with arms, it's actually a giant jellyfish with a taste for the carbons of the earth, sucking up call and then spitting them back after it's got its fill of the diamonds that it finds. The initial appearance of the giant Dagora is actually pretty scary, that is until they show it's appendages. The shot of it pulling up a bridge by its legs is quite frightening, but the chuckles take over when the obvious animation of the monster is made clear.
There are apparently earthlings who do the jellyfishes bid in, alleged diamond thieves who dominate the plot more than the actual creature does. They are pretty inept, as are the federal agents out to stop them are, and at times, this resembles an Inspector Clouseau rip-off. There's also one caucasian character who has an amusing sequence escaping from one of the Japanese bad guys, and a sexy Japanese femme fatale as well. the shots at the beginning of the humans levitating makes absolutely no sense, but when the Jaguar starts shooting unwanted large bits of cold back, it does get a bit tense. So this is a mixture of impressive special effects mixed with weak effects, and after a while, it's best just to sit back and enjoy it for all of its silliness.