A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may result in Gamera losing his bond with both Asagi and humanity.
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89/100 Not quite as good as its predecessor, but still leaps and bounds ahead of what came before that. This is one of my favourite, if not my favourite, trilogies of all time, and this is a great second act. The plot for this one is, of course, just the same old alien invasion story, but its executed in a fresh enough way that its entertaining and enjoyable, helped along by special effects even better than the last one. The execution of Mother Legion is especially something to behold, being one of the best practical effects I've ever seen. Speaking of Legion, they are very effective as a villain. Their alien nature is exploited to the maximum for some really weird and cool biology, and I like how in addition to the larger Legion, we have smaller Soldier Legion that're really cool to watch. The Legion add to the apocalyptic feel of the movie. The destruction is so wanton and widespread…