Lets hope the Monster verse that Warner Brothers is trying to create has gone the way of the Dark Universe and died. It was a cool idea with strong entries like Godzilla and Kong: Scull Island but it appears they have completely run out of ideas. To murder over half of the population on earth and then blow past it like nothing happened is a new level of Hollywood apathy. The heavy handedness of the environmental impact of the film is also a massive detriment. It is very difficult for the audience to empathize with the main billed cast of Millie Bobby Brown, fresh off of her Stranger Things high, when she is confusingly aligned with both the villains and heroes of the film.
We are in a world where dozens of Monsters have been found and are currently being studied by the hidden Monarch government agency until eco-terrorist Charles Dance steals a method of waking them all up at once. Which is what happens and millions if not billions die as these Monstrosities are wreak havoc on the world. We follow Kyle Chandler as he is trying to find the device that woke all the problems as well as his daughter (Brown) and his ex-wife (Vera Farmiga). Ken Watanabe does his absolute best to bring some gravitas to the film that desperately needs it but even he can't elevate this disappointment. The minor consolation prizes are that we get to see Mothra and King Ghidorah, although when you have a universe with Titans and monsters what else do you need? Aliens. Ridiculous and very hard to swallow. And when it is all said and done there all goes back to normal with drastically less people around. But we just won't talk about that.
Godzilla: King of Monsters earns a dismal D, only saved from an F by the Godzilla nostalgia and Watanabe acting his but off in a film that does not deserve it.
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