Bionicle VIII: The Final Battle

Bionicle VIII: The Final Battle (also known as Bionicle 8 and Bionicle Ignition 3: Battle for Power in Europe) is a 1988 Vlokuzuian science-fiction action tokusatsu superhero film. It is the fourteenth Technic Heroes installment and the eighth Bionicle installment.

Plot
After completing several tasks in preparation for Mata Nui's reawakening, the Toa Nuva are teleported to Glonisla to finally complete their destiny.

Finding members from the Brotherhood of Makuta sent by Teridax battling a group of Matoran warriors, the heroes - equipped with the ability to fly thanks to new "adaptive" armor and weapons - split into two teams: Kopaka, Lewa and Pohatu remain in the skies to protect the villagers, while Tahu, Gali and Onua descend to the Swamp of Secrets to retrieve the Kanohi Ignika previously worn by Matoro to heal the Great Spirit.

Kopaka's team receive support from three Av-Matoran (Matoran of Light) and a manifestation of the Mask of Life calling itself "Toa Ignika", while fighting a band of bat-like Makuta and their Shadow Matoran servants. Tahu's team, unaware that the Ignika is aiding the battle above, are threatened by three more Makuta, mutated by the waters of the swamp. Both groups reunite outside the Codrex, a giant metal sphere that sits at the swamp's centre, after retrieving six keystones to open it.

Inside, the Toa discover powerful battle vehicles among ancient technology as well as the origins to their lives before arriving on El Kadsre City. The heroes use the vehicles in a final all-out battle against the Brotherhood and receive help from a half-light drained Takanuva who also manages to turn the Shadow Matoran back to their former states. Later, the Toa Ignika sacrifices itself to awaken Mata Nui, causing an energy storm that the Toa and Av-Matoran narrowly escape.

The Makuta, however, realizing that Teridax had in fact sent them to their deaths, are obliterated by the storm. Thanks to the Ignika's actions, the physical form of Mata Nui rises from beneath the Endless Ocean for the first time in 1,000 years, destroying the now-barren island of Mata Nui in the process.

The Toa Nuva and Takanuva arrive back in El Kadsre City to join the celebrations of Mata Nui's reawakening with the Matoran and Turaga. But in the midst of the festivity, Teridax's laughter echoes throughout the city. The Makuta, thought to be long since dead, reveals that he has taken over Mata Nui's body - the giant robotic humanoid vessel that houses the entire Matoran Universe - before Mata Nui's spirit could return.

As his reign of terror begins, Teridax seals his victory by placing Mata Nui's spirit inside the Mask of Life and ejecting it into outer-space, sending the former Great Spirit on a journey into the unknown.

Cast

 * Hideki Hamasaki as Jiro Fujioka/Tahu
 * Jonacus Reinder as Adam Jullen/Kopaka
 * Yasi Tanaka as Hana Fujioka/Gali
 * Sylvester Jalen as Andrea Hashimoto/Lewa
 * Hank Jeroem as Mick Kendal/Pohatu
 * Dean Norman as Jarrod Baxter/Onua
 * Freddie Derricks as Makuta Antroz
 * Gary Stewart as Makuta Chirox
 * Aden Minami as Makuta Krika
 * Larrie Mathews as Makuta Bitil
 * Sheenagh Levitt as Makuta Gorast
 * Curtis Tirrell as Kirop
 * Gyles Mynatt as Gavla
 * Stéphane Archambault as Photok
 * Coty Hodges as Radiak
 * Langdon Fisher as Solek
 * Brock Baker as Tanma
 * Andy Wilson as Jamie Howard/Takanuva
 * Goro Yukimura as Toa Ignika
 * Eustace Merrill as Makuta Icarax
 * Hiraku Kimura as Makuta Mutran
 * Taro Yamada as Fred Tamashi
 * Kruku Makusa as Em Yoshimura
 * Yuki Hayashi as Susimo Maximiro

Production and release
The movie was filmed from April 3, 1987 to July 29, 1987.

Reception
The movie has received with mixed to positive reviews from critics.