Latest instalment in MonsterVerse follows Godzilla (2014), but was set up by Kong: Skull Island's post-credits scene.
Although tidbits are taken from the very similarly titled Godzilla, King of the Monsters, this is neither a remake, or re-imagining of 1956 film.
Kyle Chandler - Mark Russell
Vera Farmiga - Dr. Emma Russell
Millie Bobby Brown - Madison Russell
Ken Watanabe - Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Ziyi Zhang - Dr. Ilene Chen and Dr. Ling
Bradley Whitford - Dr. Rick Stanton
Sally Hawkins - Dr. Vivienne Graham
Charles Dance - Jonah Alan
Thomas Middleditch - Sam Coleman
Summary
Five years after San Francisco's devastation, the Government want Titans destroyed.
Monarch members Dr. Graham and Serizawa argue humans should co-exist with god-sized creatures.
Upon awakening Mothra, Emma and daughter Madison are kidnapped by Jonah Alan's team of eco-terrorists.
Meanwhile, Emma's husband Mark (co-creator of Titan communication device ORCA), is tracked down by Serizawa, who tells of wife and daughter's kidnapping.
After Emma reveals she contacted Jonah to unleash chaos and restore balance, the fight for supremacy begins, leaving Earth's future hanging by a thread.
Post-credits
At Isla de Mara, Jonah buys one of Ghidorah's heads, surely foreshadowing the rebirth of Mecha King-Ghidorah.
Soulless nonsense
Please expect Michael Dougherty's film to deliver the following:
1. Kaiju porn;
2. Rudderless story; and
3. Mindless, exposition happy humans, slicing some of the worst fucking cheese imaginable.
Apart from that - it's great.
Even though pyrotechnics ensure scraps are visually spectacular, action sequences are amazingly boring.
That makes sense, right?
Battle royale between Godzilla, Ghidorah, Mothra and Rodan sucks incredible ass.
Godzilla becomes a walking nuclear bomb and devours three-headed nemesis.
Rodan, and other pointless 'made for film' Titans, bow before a victorious Godzilla.
Shit is so fucking cringing.
At Outpost 32 in Antarctica, Ghidorah is thawed from frozen slumber.
Upon clamping virgin eyes on gargantuan hydra, a soldier exclaims "You gotta be fucking kidding!"
So obvious refs to The Thing (1982), but research station was Outpost 31.
Done on purpose?
Who knows?
Anyway, this is the first Godzilla film to drop an f-bomb.
During credit roll, I noticed Officer Harryhausen (surely as in Ray).
A nice tribute to stop-motion legend.
Will Godzilla vs. Kong learn from mistakes?
Probably not.
Although tidbits are taken from the very similarly titled Godzilla, King of the Monsters, this is neither a remake, or re-imagining of 1956 film.
Kyle Chandler - Mark Russell
Vera Farmiga - Dr. Emma Russell
Millie Bobby Brown - Madison Russell
Ken Watanabe - Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Ziyi Zhang - Dr. Ilene Chen and Dr. Ling
Bradley Whitford - Dr. Rick Stanton
Sally Hawkins - Dr. Vivienne Graham
Charles Dance - Jonah Alan
Thomas Middleditch - Sam Coleman
Summary
Five years after San Francisco's devastation, the Government want Titans destroyed.
Monarch members Dr. Graham and Serizawa argue humans should co-exist with god-sized creatures.
Upon awakening Mothra, Emma and daughter Madison are kidnapped by Jonah Alan's team of eco-terrorists.
Meanwhile, Emma's husband Mark (co-creator of Titan communication device ORCA), is tracked down by Serizawa, who tells of wife and daughter's kidnapping.
After Emma reveals she contacted Jonah to unleash chaos and restore balance, the fight for supremacy begins, leaving Earth's future hanging by a thread.
Post-credits
At Isla de Mara, Jonah buys one of Ghidorah's heads, surely foreshadowing the rebirth of Mecha King-Ghidorah.
Soulless nonsense
Please expect Michael Dougherty's film to deliver the following:
1. Kaiju porn;
2. Rudderless story; and
3. Mindless, exposition happy humans, slicing some of the worst fucking cheese imaginable.
Apart from that - it's great.
Even though pyrotechnics ensure scraps are visually spectacular, action sequences are amazingly boring.
That makes sense, right?
Battle royale between Godzilla, Ghidorah, Mothra and Rodan sucks incredible ass.
Godzilla becomes a walking nuclear bomb and devours three-headed nemesis.
Rodan, and other pointless 'made for film' Titans, bow before a victorious Godzilla.
Shit is so fucking cringing.
At Outpost 32 in Antarctica, Ghidorah is thawed from frozen slumber.
Upon clamping virgin eyes on gargantuan hydra, a soldier exclaims "You gotta be fucking kidding!"
So obvious refs to The Thing (1982), but research station was Outpost 31.
Done on purpose?
Who knows?
Anyway, this is the first Godzilla film to drop an f-bomb.
During credit roll, I noticed Officer Harryhausen (surely as in Ray).
A nice tribute to stop-motion legend.
Will Godzilla vs. Kong learn from mistakes?
Probably not.
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