This latest entry in the Monsterverse franchise follows up the explosive showdown of "Godzilla vs. Kong"with an all-new cinematic adventure pitting the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence--and our own. The new film will delve further into the histories of these Titans, their origins,and the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings. So, a team comprised of Ilene Andrews (Rebecca Hall), Bernie Hayes (Brian Tyree Henry), Trapper (Dan Stevens), Jia (Kaylee Hottle), and Mikael (Alex Ferns), venture to the Hollow World to attempt to find out what's causing the different disturbances that the computer findings indicate.
Others to round out the cast are Rachel House as Hampton, Fala Chen as Iwi Queen, Ron Smyck as Harris and Greg Hatton as Lewis.
This was directed with effective sequencing and staging by Adam Wingard ("Home Sick" '07, "Pop Skull" '07, "A Horrible Way to Die" '10, "Autoerotic" '11, "What Fun We Were Having" '11, "You're Next" '11, "60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero" '11, "V/H/S (segment 56)" '12, "The ABCs of Death (segment Q is for Quack)" '12, "V/H/S/2 (segment Phase 1 Clinical Trials)" '13, "The Guest" '14, "Blair Witch" '17, "Death Note" '17, "Godzilla vs. Kong" '21) plus TV and shorts. For having so much within this story, this filmmaker was truly able to keep an effective pace and continuity about it. There were a couple of very small places of continuity issues, but certainly not enough to distract from the story. It was written by Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett and Jeremy Slater, based on a story by Rossio, Wingard and Barrett, which is based on the creation by Toho Co., Inc. This is where the film has issues--there was too much going on to keep track of the storyline. There were far too many Titans--not just Godzilla and Kong to keep track of, all the while the humans basically being stuck within the different scenes where the director and editor saw fit. I realize that explosions are a part of this genre, however they were aplenty and got tiresome after a point. These have substantial experience, so I'm not sure what happened. Bad day at the laptop? The visual effects predominantly designed by Double Negative and Scanline VFX were amazing, but you know this before you walk into the theater and there were just too many of them. The real stars here are the Supervising Sound Editors: Erik Aadahl, mpse and Ethan Van der Ryn. The way they were able to take the different foley sounds that the foley artists designed and edit them in so many different scenes, sometimes where there may be a few seconds in which to achieve these sounds was phenomenal. Kudos to these guys!
Certainly, if you like Godzilla and Kong, you'll be in that particular heaven since this involves both of them. There's even some other creatures one can salivate over with this monster eye candy. This is definitely a film for the 18-24 single male demographic--ka-ching!! If you want a fluffy, explosive, stunt-filled and action=packed film, this will most assuredly fit that bill. If you want to see it thrown at you in the face, you can see it in an IMAX format as well.
Out of 4 Stars: 2,5 Rated: PG-13 115mins.
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