The Big Cities of the World Can't Take Anymore

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I don't know if this is the wrap up movie or not, but I'm sure the big cities of the world would be happy if it was. From 2014 till now Godzilla and friends have killed hundreds of thousands of people and caused trillions of dollars in damage--not to mention the billions of the U. S. defense budget spent on bombs and jets just to tick Godzilla off.

But this is "Godzilla vs. King Kong," the main event. Some of the younger less informed crowd may believe this is a first. It's not. I remember seeing Godzilla and King Kong duke it out as a kid. It was epic. Those fights were a lot less costly.

Who would win the fight is what we all wanted to know right? Smart money would've bet on Godzilla, but GvKK tried its best to make King Kong a sympathetic character thereby deserving to win. King Kong had a special link with a deaf girl named Jia (Kaylee Hottle) which automatically makes King Kong the David in his fight against Goliath. The relationship between them was a little weird and a lot dangerous. Jia's mom (or guardian), Ilene Andrews (Rebecca Hall), seemed to have no problem with her young daughter (or charge) fraternizing with a 100 foot gorilla. Friendly or not, accidents happen.

Bad parenting aside, we got the fight that was promised. I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as I expected and the city of Hong Kong didn't enjoy it at all. The CGI is top notch even if the plot isn't. At this point there are no more fights left to be had and to concoct one would just be wrong.

score 5/10

view_and_review 1 April 2021

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw6766577/