Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) directed by Adam Wingard
Kong is kept safely contained on Skull Island while Godzilla, who turned out to be a hero in the last film of the franchise, is left to roam free as humanity's defender against other titanic monsters. That trust in Godzilla is broken when he attacks a high tech facility in Pensacola, Florida. The company is Apex Cybernetics. Weirdly enough, the company has been working on a failsafe in case Godzilla turns bad. Maybe their work turned Godzilla bad? To find a power source great enough to counter the giant, Apex needs Kong to travel to the center of the Earth. The legends of the Hollow Earth give the scientists hope that they can harness the power in the middle of the planet, if only they can get there. The only entrance they know is in the Antarctic and as they take Kong there, Godzilla shows up to fight against the other alpha titan, a rivalry that goes back to prehistoric times.
The movie has enough plot to string together the various massive fight scenes. Many elements in the story are a bit ridiculous, but the tale is about a giant ape fighting an oversized dinosaur with atomic breath, so viewers need to be generous with their suspension of disbelief. The movie is a lot of fun and does not take itself too serious (a problem with said last film of the franchise). Big monsters tear up the town and each other in entertaining and epic ways.
Recommended--I hope they continue the monster movies in this tone.
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