This time around, the Russell family is at the center of the film. Ken Watanabe and Sally Hawkins return as doctors at Monarch, the crypto-zoological agency – whatever that means – in charge of tracking Godzilla and keeping the other secret monsters of the world in hibernation. They come for the spectacle, for the head-to-head combat of two (or more) adversaries and to watch how the bodies hit the floor. Or even those who follow the abhorrent game of tennis, for that matter. Perhaps this is what boxing fans find so appealing about their sport. Right away, you know 'Godzilla: King of the Monsters' is a film that is not making a push for Oscar gold, but is focused purely on packing in the entertainment punches. In 2014, “Godzilla” left us with a San Francisco in smoldering ruins and the very injured title character returning to his mysterious home in the depths of the ocean, having saved the world from near-guaranteed destruction by a pair of radiation-hungry MUTOs.įive years later, Godzilla has his work cut out for him again, this time against a monster of mythical proportions King Ghidorah, a three-headed water dragon reminiscent of the Lernaean Hydra as well as the other flock of high-rise-size creatures that nightmares are certainly made of.
