This movie starts out pretty good, with realistic looking meteor falling to earth, but that's the end of good special effects for this film. Special effects director Koichi Kawakita must have been absent the day they shot this movie (although he is credited), because his previous film (Godzilla vs King Gidorah) was lot better than this one.
The only reason I could think of for this movie's special effect being so bad was that it was rushed for summer season when kids are off school. These movies are primarily targeted I believe for elementary school kids which I think is grave mistake on Toho's part, because many children enjoyed Gamera 3 which was not catering to younger audiences.
Asides from the above, this movie has more than few things in common with the original Mothra vs Godzilla (1964).
1. There's a corrupt real estate developer as the main protagonist.
2. A typhoon exposes Mothra's egg.
3. Two man and a woman goes on an expedition to Infant (Mothra) island.
4. It's two monsters against one Godzilla.
5. Actor Akira Takarada stars in both movies.
This DVD comes together with Godzilla vs King Gidorah which Toho created as their 60th anniversary project, which is one of the best Godzilla movie of the '90s.
