Absurd Japanese sci-fi adventure film about a secret service trying to stop the evil Nazo from crashing the planet Icarus into Earth. From the outset the film is ridiculous with laser blasters, a ship that resembles a tunnel boring machine (with eyes that shoot lasers), and Nazo himself, who looks like a guy in a giant pig costume with four eyes (he shoots lasers, too). On top of that, there's The Golden Bat, a bizarre superhero who was awakened from his Egyptian coffin on a piece of Atlantis that had surfaced in the ocean. He appears when he is called on to fight enemies with his "Baton of Justice." His mask looks almost exactly like Vincent Price's in The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971). Starring Sonny Chiba (but not as The Golden Bat). Ogon Bato is a bit too silly for its own good, but still fun.
6/10
excellent
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