'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' is the 5th film in Warners Bros. "MonsterVerse", and like all of them does a solid job of making giant Titans/Kaiju fight, with a bit of a storyline holding it together. Returning are Dr Andrews (Hall), head of the Titan-watch company, her adopted daughter Jia (Hottle) and Bernie (Henry), the comedic relief. The new addition is Trapper (Stevens), the vet. The plot is mostly Kong-centric, now that he lives in "hollow Earth" and Godzilla's on the surface.
Kong finds another part of "hollow Earth" (best not to ask too many questions, as physics went out the window a long time ago in these films) that has other apes and Titans, setting in motion a big battle with the 'Scar King', a giant Orangutan. This necessitates a semi-forced team-up with Godzilla, with the help of an unexpected Titan. There's some time spent on Jia's journey, but not too much that you get bored of the humans!
As always, the CGI is pretty good, and Kong has more empathy than some human actors. Godzilla still looks great - and gets his "pink plates" upgrade. When they're fighting each other or different Titans, it's always pretty impressive to see. Nothing crazily spectacular here, but nor is it boring or excessively dumb. Good se of KISS' "I Was Made For Loving You"!
Kong finds another part of "hollow Earth" (best not to ask too many questions, as physics went out the window a long time ago in these films) that has other apes and Titans, setting in motion a big battle with the 'Scar King', a giant Orangutan. This necessitates a semi-forced team-up with Godzilla, with the help of an unexpected Titan. There's some time spent on Jia's journey, but not too much that you get bored of the humans!
As always, the CGI is pretty good, and Kong has more empathy than some human actors. Godzilla still looks great - and gets his "pink plates" upgrade. When they're fighting each other or different Titans, it's always pretty impressive to see. Nothing crazily spectacular here, but nor is it boring or excessively dumb. Good se of KISS' "I Was Made For Loving You"!