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Gargantua [VHS]

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I was in the mood for a bad rubber monster movie, so I picked up a copy of Gargantua. It exceeded my expectations beautifully. This made-for-tv Australian flick has all the elements of a so-bad-it's-good flick but one: there are no gory deaths. This makes Gargantua a great monster movie for the squeamish or for kids. I'm sure kids would love it.

The film starts out with two bikini bimbos at a hula party. They decided to go for a walk on the beach, and something pulls them into the water, drowning them. Later on, a cute kayaking couple go for a night-time romp. You know it's going to end tragically, and the hunky guy is pulled under and drowned.

For some reason, this means the entire fishing industry of the island must be halted. In the meantime, the son of scientist finds a kyoot widdle baby salamander. It's the size of a beagle and has big dewy eyes and slimy skin. Because it's a mutant, it can only eat junk food.

A couple more injuries ensue when a 9' "salamander" with a rhino horn goes on a rampage. The army is called in, of course. Then, an even larger critter comes looking for his kids, and explosions result.

The most spectacular death occurs later on as a fisherman is slurped up like a wet noodle. It's fun, fun, fun, for the whole family, with its laughable special effects, preposterous plot, and bad acting. What more could you want for a beer & pretzels flick? A Golden Turkey award-winner, if there ever was one....

Oh sure, listen to these other guys and hate it straight away, well don't.Even though the other monster movies are better (some are worse),its still okey.Anyways, it has a good monster movie plot even if the gargantuas aren't as big as the other monsters.Overall, it will do.

This movie was really fantastic, the plot, the character development, and above all: the special effects. "Gargantua" has really set the bar for all science fiction movies to come. We really need more films like this in the future; high action and exciting flicks which draw in the younger crowds, and yet still manage to teach us to love each other in spite of our differences. The touching scene with the boy, the dinosaur, and the cheesballs was really beautifully written and wonderfully acted. I could go on and on about how wonderful this movie is but I should alo mention it's flaws: ...none! Ha ha ha. We give it five thumbs up.

Im the ultimite monster fan and this is perfect for every monster fan get this.

A horrible movie! The special-effect are laughable, the acting pitiful, and the characters are annoying. When I first saw the previews it Gargantua looked awesome but then I saw it and was extremely disappointing. In video stores they classify this movie in the horror section. . . it should be in the comedy section, you'll laugh so much at this dumb movie. Don't watch.

It tries to be a lower budget TV version of "Godzilla".The problem is that they always try to make a TV version of successful summer movies like "Tornado" from "Twister" and "Asteroid" from "Armageddon".While the big screen version has great special effects the TV version doesnt so it tries to fill this with characters.Unfortunately its always the same kind of character development in these TV versions and they are ultimately boring.

A family of mutated salamanders wreaks havoc on a tiny island paradise. Of course, we're not talking mutation in the real-world sense, which would have meant a sickly little thing with perhaps an extra set of legs, but in the bad-movie sense of the word, which means bigger, stronger, and more ferocious. (Hmmm, perhaps we should be feeding radioactive pesticides to our soldiers to increase their fighting ability...)

As some of the other reviewers on this page have pointed out, you might get a kick out of this if you're in the mood to laugh at a bad movie. I found it too dull to be even inadvertantly funny. I like star Adam Baldwin, but I was sorry to see him involved with this mess. The rest of the cast is terrible, the creature design is the pits (think Barney with sharp teeth), the plot twists are ludicrous, and I'm running out of synonyms for 'bad' so I think I'll stop right here.