This is a fine
movie that blends human drama with the thrill of monster-vs-monster action as
Godzilla takes on two gigantic creatures that feed on radiation. The monsters,
called MUTOs (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms), are looking to
breed. No matter how hard humans try to stop them, the situation only becomes
more tragic, pushing the entire human race to the brink of extinction.
The writers and
director focused more on the tragic events surrounding these monsters than on
the monsters themselves, which, to me, was the selling point of the movie.
Godzilla saving the day happens in the background, but it’s still a sight to
see as he battles these creatures, nearly getting himself killed in the
process.
Godzilla is a
fire-breathing anti-hero monster whose main goal is to destroy other monsters
like him. You could argue that he has a selfish motive—wanting to be the only
one of his kind—since he attacks the MUTOs because they’re planning to mate.
Or, like the scientists in the movie, you could see him as nature’s way of
maintaining balance between humans and monsters.
The Godzilla franchise
has been running between Japan and the USA since 1954 and holds a Guinness
World Record as the longest continuously running movie franchise. This film is
a modern retelling of Godzilla’s origin story.
The movie starts
with clips of nuclear explosions and experiments dating back to 1954. In 1999,
a tremor breaches a nuclear reactor, causing Joe Brody to lose his wife.
Fifteen years later, Joe is obsessed with uncovering the truth about what
happened in 1999 and travels to Japan to investigate. His son, Ford, now a
Naval officer, joins him to help. They’re detained and taken to an underground
facility beneath the reactor where Joe’s wife died. There, they discover the
government has been hiding a pod, from which a winged creature emerges—a
creature that seems unstoppable.
There’s much
more to this story than what I’ve shared here, so I recommend you go see the
movie for yourself and experience the excitement it delivers.
Since this is
what Universal is planning to use to create their MonsterVerse, it will be nice
to see how it started and how far they can go. I for one thing the MonsterVerse
idea may not go as smoothly as they hopped. I think it will be best to make
these movies independently, instead of trying to link them all together.
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