Cast Godzilla vs Kong: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza González, Julian Dennison, Kyle Chandler, and Demián Bichir
Director Godzilla vs Kong: Adam Wingard
Godzilla vs Kong Level: 4 stars
If you needed a hard-core reason to return to the cinemas, Godzilla vs Kong would be well suited for the bill. This monster movie might look amazing no matter where you watch it, but it absolutely shines on the big screen with great monster-on-monster action and sound effects, almost deafening.
The fourth film in Warner Bros. and Legendary’s MonsterVerse, a cinematic universe where giant monsters are real and have existed before the human race came into being, Godzilla vs Kong pits two alpha predators against each other.
For some reason, Godzilla, a giant reptile-like predator capable of attacking its enemies with nuclear radiation, has invaded cities and killed humans. Godzilla, who has always been seen as more of a sniper than an unscrupulous killer, is strongly kicked about something and has been demolishing cities like dominoes.
Enter Kong. From Kong: Skull Island, the great ape on which many claim the survival of humanity depends, has been dragged from its remote home to civilization. Luckily for people, there is a little girl who has a connection to Kong and they communicate using sign language.
Kong is tied up and taken aboard a ship to Antarctica, as the continent hides a door leading to an entire world within the earth, the original place of the titans. They plan to discover the secret to that hidden world and whether Hollow Earth theory has any truth.
Meanwhile, a podcaster and a teenage couple discover a nefarious conspiracy that may help explain why Godzilla has gone crazy.
If you’ve noticed why this review talks about human characters in vague terms, there’s a good reason. This monster mashup is another addition in the MonsterVerse in which human characters seem to be thrown in just to have an excuse for the titanic crater. That’s a shame, because it’s a really good ensemble.
But chances are, if you bought a ticket to catch this movie in the theaters, you are here to see the brawl. And when it comes to his title promise, Godzilla vs Kong delivers tremendously.
When it comes to his title promise, Godzilla vs Kong delivers tremendously. (Photo: Warner Bros)
The two famous movie monsters fight more than once, and each time it looks like two gods fighting out for the supremacy of the world – which is perhaps not far from the truth. It sounds like a hobby of the best of the classic monster movies, except this time everything looks ultra-detailed and realistic, if a word like that can be used here.
The third act of the film is unaltered big screen goodness, and while the resolution of the conflict is something you see coming from a mile away, you hardly care.
No matter what titan you wanted to earn, chances are you would be satisfied with the result.
Godzilla vs Kong is just what its admirers and promotional and marketing stuff said would be: a great, immersive, dumb action movie that a monster movie fan should not miss.
Don’t forget Tenet, if the presence in the cinema hall where this writer’s watch film is any indication, it is Godzilla vs Kong that could refresh interest in the theater experience among film buffs. This is the first quintessential popcorn-munching hurdle you’ll see after a long time.