Rating: Empty

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Monster

Studios: Warner Bros Pictures/Legendary Pictures

Cast: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns and Fala Chen

Director: Adam Wingard

Writers: Simon Barrett, Terry Rossio, Jeremy Slater and Adam Wingard

Based on: Godzilla by Toho

Producers: Alex Garcia, Jon Jashni, Eric McLeod, Mary Parent, Brian Rogers and Thomas Tull

Music by: Antonio Di lorio and Tom Holkenborg

Rated: PG-13 for creature violence and action

Release Date: 03/29/24

Runtime: 1h 55m

Tagline: Bow to your new king.

Favorite Character: Shimo

Quote: “Is that a mini Kong?”- Bernie Hayes

Fun Fact: The baby Kong in the movie is named ‘Suko’

The Review: Last time we saw a giant ape and a giant lizard crossover, they were fighting for…i don’t even know what they were even fighting for. All I know is that film was half epic, half boredom. Perhaps this sequel will be more epic….or not.

We continue their epic with Kong, who has been acting all too human, relaxing in the spectacular Hollow Earth (I wish that place was real) while Godzilla is sleeping in Rome’s famous Colosseum and gaining radiation in France. And for the human plot, a deaf girl Jia (Kaylee Hottle) is now living with scientist Dr. Ilene Andrews (Rebecca Hall), trying her best to be a good mother and trying to get her newly adopted daughter to live a normalized life, but when she was once part of the Iwi Tribe, it ain’t gonna be easy. Especially when you have a psychic dream about Kong.

For the major event, the sinkhole opens and with that, we are in for another monsterous adventure. The transportation dives into a beautiful new world, I can tell you the audience will be seeing the screen in awe. There should be a storyline that would match the amazing mysterious inner planet. Nope. There really isn’t. Sure there is fighting involved, I mean why wouldn’t there be? But that is all there is for the rest of the film. Just preparing to fight and fighting. Just like the previous entree.

I have never seen last years Japanese Godzilla Minus One but after getting an VFX Oscar and getting critical acclaim, it tells me that GMO’s take on the classic monster is so freshing, as for Godzilla x Kong 2, it isn’t. Mostly because the uncanny CGI was too distracting. The new monsters added to the film series is the best part of the mindless Monsterverse the two titans for this film. Mothra’s return, wasn’t too bad but could improve. Baby Kong is cute, but he and Scar King fell victim to the could-have-been-better CGI. And as much as I want to love Shimo for it’s diamond sparkly fins, it looks more like a plastic toy you buy at Target.

Crossovers are supposed to be epic. There must be a better way to get the two monsters to work together. But if you are a fan of both Godzilla and King Kong, you will cheer. Try cheering at the theater, that makes the whole experience more fun.