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''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' director [[Gareth Edwards]] stated that he wanted the film to stand on its own with a definitive ending, with no teaser for a sequel.{{Cite web|url=http://collider.com/gareth-edwards-godzilla-interview|title=Gareth Edwards Talks GODZILLA, Godzilla’s Origins, Making Him a Character with Layers, Hints at Additional Monsters, And More|work=Collider|author=Nemiroff, Perri|date=12 March 2014}}</ref> Nonetheless, [[Warner Bros.]] and [[Legendary Pictures]] greenlit a sequel on May 18, 2014, after ''Godzilla''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> successful opening weekend.<ref name="Sequel Confirmed">{{Cite web|url=http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/godzilla-2-sequel-warner-bros-legendary-gareth-edwards/|title=‘Godzilla’ Sequel In The Works At Warner Bros. & Legendary|work=Deadline|author=Busch, Anita|date=18 May 2014}}</ref> Edwards was announcned as the director, but no cast members were confirmed to return. | ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' director [[Gareth Edwards]] stated that he wanted the film to stand on its own with a definitive ending, with no teaser for a sequel.<ref name="Collider Edwards">{{Cite web|url=http://collider.com/gareth-edwards-godzilla-interview|title=Gareth Edwards Talks GODZILLA, Godzilla’s Origins, Making Him a Character with Layers, Hints at Additional Monsters, And More|work=Collider|author=Nemiroff, Perri|date=12 March 2014}}</ref></ref> Nonetheless, [[Warner Bros.]] and [[Legendary Pictures]] greenlit a sequel on May 18, 2014, after ''Godzilla''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> successful opening weekend.<ref name="Sequel Confirmed">{{Cite web|url=http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/godzilla-2-sequel-warner-bros-legendary-gareth-edwards/|title=‘Godzilla’ Sequel In The Works At Warner Bros. & Legendary|work=Deadline|author=Busch, Anita|date=18 May 2014}}</ref> Edwards was announcned as the director, but no cast members were confirmed to return. | ||
On July 26, 2014, a teaser for the untitled sequel screened at San Diego Comic-Con, revealing that [[Rodan]], [[Mothra]] and [[King Ghidorah]] would all be appearing.<ref name="ColG2F14">{{Cite web|url=http://collider.com/godzilla-2-details-rodan-mothra-king-ghidorah/|title=GODZILLA 2 Announced at Comic-Con; Will Feature Rodan, Mothra, and King Ghidorah|work=Collider|author=Goldberg, Matt|date=26 July 2014}}</ref> A month later, the release date was set for June 8, 2018. The four-year gap between ''Godzilla'' and ''Godzilla 2'' was due to Gareth Edwards signing on to direct ''Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' and as a result being unavailable to begin work on ''Godzilla 2'' until 2016. In an interview with Collider conducted in early August 2015, writer [[Max Borenstein]] revealed that he was writing the script for the film, promising that the sequel would do "bigger and even better things" than the first film.<ref name="ColliderBorenstein">{{Cite web|url=http://collider.com/godzilla-2-sequel-script-details-screenwriter-max-borenstein/|title=Godzilla 2: Expect a "Bigger" and "Better" Sequel from Screenwriter Max Borenstein|work=Collider|author=Trumbore, Dave|date=10 August 2015}}</ref> | On July 26, 2014, a teaser for the untitled sequel screened at San Diego Comic-Con, revealing that [[Rodan]], [[Mothra]] and [[King Ghidorah]] would all be appearing.<ref name="ColG2F14">{{Cite web|url=http://collider.com/godzilla-2-details-rodan-mothra-king-ghidorah/|title=GODZILLA 2 Announced at Comic-Con; Will Feature Rodan, Mothra, and King Ghidorah|work=Collider|author=Goldberg, Matt|date=26 July 2014}}</ref> A month later, the release date was set for June 8, 2018. The four-year gap between ''Godzilla'' and ''Godzilla 2'' was due to Gareth Edwards signing on to direct ''Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' and as a result being unavailable to begin work on ''Godzilla 2'' until 2016. In an interview with Collider conducted in early August 2015, writer [[Max Borenstein]] revealed that he was writing the script for the film, promising that the sequel would do "bigger and even better things" than the first film.<ref name="ColliderBorenstein">{{Cite web|url=http://collider.com/godzilla-2-sequel-script-details-screenwriter-max-borenstein/|title=Godzilla 2: Expect a "Bigger" and "Better" Sequel from Screenwriter Max Borenstein|work=Collider|author=Trumbore, Dave|date=10 August 2015}}</ref> | ||
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''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' was delayed once more on May 23, 2018, pushed back to May 31, 2019.<ref name="Releasedate"/> | ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' was delayed once more on May 23, 2018, pushed back to May 31, 2019.<ref name="Releasedate"/> | ||
==Production== | ==Production== | ||
Principal photography on ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' began on June 19, 2017, at Blackhall Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.<ref name="WB Press Release">{{Cite web|url=https://www.warnerbros.com/studio/news/warner-bros-pictures-and-legendary-pictures-monsterverse-kicks-gear-next-godzilla|title=WARNER BROS. PICTURES' AND LEGENDARY PICTURES' MONSTERVERSE KICKS INTO GEAR AS THE NEXT GODZILLA FEATURE GETS UNDERWAY|work=Warner Bros.|date=19 June 2017}}</ref> To aid the actors in reacting to the off-camera monsters, Dougherty used a iPad-controlled speaker system called "The Behemoth" to play their roars.<ref name="Dread Central Set Visit">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/291267/set-visit-godzilla-king-of-the-monsters/|title=Set Visit: GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS|work=Dread Central|author=Decker, Sean|date=21 March 2019}}</ref> Scenes set in the historic center of Mexico City were shot on location from August 19 to 22. Production wrapped on September 27. | Principal photography on ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' began on June 19, 2017, at Blackhall Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.<ref name="WB Press Release">{{Cite web|url=https://www.warnerbros.com/studio/news/warner-bros-pictures-and-legendary-pictures-monsterverse-kicks-gear-next-godzilla|title=WARNER BROS. PICTURES' AND LEGENDARY PICTURES' MONSTERVERSE KICKS INTO GEAR AS THE NEXT GODZILLA FEATURE GETS UNDERWAY|work=Warner Bros.|date=19 June 2017}}</ref> To aid the actors in reacting to the off-camera monsters, Dougherty used a iPad-controlled speaker system called "The Behemoth" to play their roars.<ref name="Dread Central Set Visit">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/291267/set-visit-godzilla-king-of-the-monsters/|title=Set Visit: GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS|work=Dread Central|author=Decker, Sean|date=21 March 2019}}</ref> Scenes set in the historic center of Mexico City were shot on location from August 19 to 22. Production wrapped on September 27. |
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters (ゴジラ キング・オブ・モンスターズ is a Gojira Kingu Obu Monsutāzu, lit. Godzilla: King of Monsters)2019 American science fiction monster film produced by Legendary Pictures, and the third entry in the MonsterVerse. It was released to American theaters on May 31, 2019.[6]
Description
"The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species—thought to be mere myths—rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity’s very existence hanging in the balance."[7]
Plot
In 2014, Mark and Emma Russell desperately search through the ruins of San Francisco for their son Andrew. As Mark comes to the realization that his son is gone, he witnesses Godzilla emerge from behind a building and walk past.
Five years later, Emma is separated from her husband and lives with her now 12-year-old daughter Madison. Madison receives an email from her father asking to catch up. Upon reading it, Madison initially hesitates before beginning to type a response stating that she is worried about her mother. However, the smoke detector begins to go off as Madison realizes the bacon she was cooking is burning. Emma enters the kitchen and tries to turn the alarm off and asks her daughter what is going on. Madison responds that she was trying to make breakfast, but accidentally overcooked the bacon. Madison closes her laptop before Emma can see it, and says that her father has been contacting her. Emma asks if she has responded, and she replies that she hasn't yet. Emma then informs Madison that she has finally finished her sonar device: the ORCA. Suddenly, their apartment is shaken by a deafening screeching noise. Emma is contacted and told that she needs to go to the containment area immediately, prompting her to grab the ORCA and leave the apartment with Madison. Their apartment is actually in the middle of China's Yunnan rainforest, just outside of Monarch Outpost 61: the Temple of the Moth. As Emma and Madison enter the temple, adorned with ornate carvings of a huge moth, they are greeted by Monarch entomologist Dr. Tim Mancini, who informs them that the Titan housed there has suddenly become incredibly active after sleeping peacefully previously. As they enter an observation room overlooking a large chamber, they gaze upon a giant glowing blue egg. As the egg begins pulsating and glowing brighter, it becomes clear that the Titan inside is about to hatch. Soon, a gigantic mass breaks through the egg. As the hatchling sheds the amniotic fluid covering it, it reveals itself as a giant larva. Dr. Mancini introduces it as Titanus Mosura, better known as Mothra. A containment field is activated around the colossal larva, but inexplicably deactivates shortly afterward. Dr. Mancini informs Emma that it seems some outside party is interfering with their systems. As Mothra sees the armed men standing around her, she becomes agitated and lashes out. The men try to stun her with electrical rifles but she proceeds to spit silk at them and thrash about the chamber. Mancini prepares to activate a protocol to kill Mothra, but Emma begs him not to. She runs into the chamber holding the ORCA and gently sets it down in front of Mothra. As Emma tries to set the ORCA to the correct frequency, she only enrages Mothra further. Madison rushes to her mother's side, and just as Mothra bears down upon them both, Emma activates the ORCA and successfully pacifies Mothra. Mothra's red bioluminescent glow is replaced with the soft blue color she emitted when she hatched, and she backs down. Madison reaches out her hand and touches Mothra's face, with the creature releasing a strong blast of air through her nostrils. The peaceful moment is interrupted by a bomb explosion that strikes the observation room. Armed assailants enter the room and promptly gun down most of the Monarch personnel. Dr. Mancini gets to his feet and surrenders to the attackers, but is promptly shot in the head by their leader.
Meanwhile, Drs. Ishiro Serizawa, Vivienne Graham, and Sam Coleman are speaking before a Senate committee on behalf of Monarch, with Admiral William Stenz and other military officials in attendance as well. Sam explains that they are now witnessing the reemergence of the Titans, and that Godzilla, the MUTOs, and Kong are just the "tip of the iceberg." Monarch believes many such creatures are still in hiding around the world, and could awaken as well. Sam argues that Monarch is specially suited to determine which of the Titans are threats to humanity, and which may be able to protect them. Senator Williams of Hawaii is dismissive of Sam's arguments, believing that the Titans are nothing more than threats that must be dealt with. Serizawa and Graham interject that humanity should try to find a way to coexist with the Titans rather than kill them, effectively forming a symbiotic relationship. Williams sarcastically asks if Monarch intends to make Godzilla humanity's pet, but Serizawa responds that rather they would be his. When Graham and Serizawa receive a digital message about the events which just transpired in China, they excuse themselves from the meeting. Senator Williams angrily calls after them , but Sam attempts to ease the tension by bringing up a presentation on "Titan reproduction," showing a clip of the MUTOs performing their courtship in 2014, before leaving with Serizawa and Graham. The three travel to Colorado, where Mark Russell now lives in a secluded cabin and photographs wolves. Mark is in the middle of photographing a wolf pack feeding on a deer carcass before they are scared away by the Monarch Osprey. Inside Mark's cabin, the three explain the situation to him. Emma and Madison have been kidnapped by an unknown force, and the ORCA has been stolen with them. They convince Mark to accompany them to Monarch's underwater base, Outpost 54: Castle Bravo. Mark is introduced to Monarch scientists Ilene Chen and Rick Stanton, along with G-Team members Col. Diane Foster, Chief Warrant Officer Jackson Barnes, Staff Sergeant Anthony Martinez, and First Lieutenant Lauren Griffin. There, they discuss the situation. Emma and Madison have been kidnapped by a man named Alan Jonah, a misanthropic former British Army colonel and MI6 agent-turned eco-terrorist obsessed with using the Titans to end humanity's reign on Earth. Recently, Jonah has begun trafficking in Titan DNA. Undoubtedly, he now plans to use Emma and the ORCA for his own violent agenda. While Monarch initially presumes Jonah aims to use Mothra, who has now cocooned under a waterfall, for this purpose, Mark believes this is a smokescreen, and Jonah really has his eyes on a much bigger prize.
Mark's fear is right, as Jonah's terrorist mercenaries have commandeered a stolen Monarch V-22 Osprey and flown it to the off-the-books Outpost 32 in Antarctica. Upon landing, Jonah and his men exit calmly before opening fire and killing all of the Monarch guards, while Emma and Madison listen in horror from inside the Osprey. Jonah comes aboard and tells them both to disembark, and they all enter the Outpost. Inside, they are faced with a wall of ice containing what look like frozen serpents. Madison immediately recognizes this Titan as "Monster Zero." Jonah's men begin using machines to drill into the ice while Emma calibrates the ORCA to Monster Zero's frequency. Back at Castle Bravo, Monarch detects Godzilla approaching unusually close to the base. G-Team mans the base's Maser Turrets and prepares to open fire on Godzilla, but Mark tells them to stand down. While Mark wants Godzilla dead as much as anyone else, blaming him for the loss of his son, he says that unless Monarch believes they can win this fight that they have to stand down. Serizawa agrees and tells G-Team to deactivate the turrets. Godzilla's heart rate begins to decrease, and Mark says to lower the shields in order to signal that they are not a threat. While Stanton scoffs at the notion, Serizawa orders the shields to be dropped. As the shields open, everyone sees Godzilla slowly swimming toward them from outside, his dorsal fins emitting a bright blue glow. Graham identifies this as an intimidation display, akin to a gorilla beating its chest. Mark approaches the window to the ocean and watches Godzilla's approach, before the blue glow vanishes and Godzilla seemingly backs off. Everyone breathes a sigh of relief before Godzilla suddenly turns and charges past the base, leaving everyone shaken. Mark asks to see Godzilla's patrol patterns, and says that if he is leaving his hunting grounds he must feel threatened by something. Monarch studies Godzilla's current course and determines he can only be heading to one place: Antarctica. Monarch follows Godzilla inside their flying flagship the USS Argo, before Godzilla drops from detection. Stanton is certain that this is evidence of Dr. Houston Brooks' Hollow Earth hypothesis; Godzilla is using underground tunnels and pockets to move more quickly. Once the Argo reaches Antarctica, it deploys several Ospreys to Outpost 32. G-Team disembarks and finds the fatalities Jonah's men have left. The team enters the Outpost and searches through the long passageway inside, but can find nothing until the terrorists ambush them and open fire. G-Team engages in a firefight with the terrorists as Emma and Madison are escorted out by Jonah and some of his men. Hearing the gunfire, Mark exits his Osprey and grabs a gun from one of the bodies before charging in himself. He fights his way to a catwalk where he comes face to face with Emma and Madison, aiming his gun at Jonah. Col. Foster manages to shoot one of the terrorists, Asher, who was carrying a detonator. To Mark's shock, rather than run to him, Emma and Madison stay with Jonah. Emma grabs the detonator and apologizes to Mark before telling him to run. She presses the detonator, setting off charges planted in the ice and causing it to crack open. Jonah flees with Emma and Madison and gets back into his Osprey, while Mark tries to chase after them. However, Mark sees the members of G-Team still struggling to escape and takes the elevator back down to help them escape. Aboard Jonah's Osprey, Madison exclaims that they need to go back for her father, but is held back. Jonah tells Emma to wake Monster Zero, and she obliges. Emma activates the ORCA and emits a sonar that awakens the long-frozen creature. First, a spiked tail rises from the fissure in the ice, shaking like a rattlesnake's tail. Then, gradually three demonic dragon heads emerge one by one, shaking the ice from themselves. The members of G-Team look up bewildered at the creature before opening fire with their rifles. Monster Zero seems almost intrigued by them, dropping his heads to the ground and observing them. Then, Monster Zero stands up and a yellow glow moves along his necks before each of his mouth spews golden beams of pure bio-electricity, vaporizing several of the soldiers. Barnes and the others retreat to their Osprey, as a blue glow becomes visible underneath the ice. Godzilla bursts out from the ice and challenges Monster Zero, with the two Titans charging at each other. One Osprey is damaged in the battle and unable to take off. The Monarch scientists run to reach G-Team's Osprey amidst Godzilla and Monster Zero's clash. Godzilla fires his atomic breath, but his enemy's heads dodge it and counter with gravity beams that knock Godzilla off the ice shelf. Monster Zero again turns to menace the fleeing humans, and bites down on eats a huge chunk of ice, swallowing Dr. Graham with it. The Argo enters the battle area and opens fire on Monster Zero, who seems to have had enough and takes flight.
Having been knocked unconscious after one of Monster Zero's gravity beams struck near him, Mark awakens aboard the Argo. Aboard the ship, members of Monarch discuss what just happened while Serizawa quietly grieves for Graham. Col. Foster insists that she saw Emma set off the detonator, but Sam is in denial that she would do such a thing. Mark enters the room and interjects that Foster is right: Emma acted of her own volition and was responsible for unleashing Monster Zero. Monster Zero has vanished into a tropical storm over Brazil, while Godzilla appears to be following Jonah's Osprey to Isla de Mara, Mexico: the site of Monarch Outpost 56. Monarch concludes that Jonah and Emma aim to awaken the Titan within the volcano there. The Argo then receives a transmission from Emma, who explains her actions. Human activity has damaged the environment to the point a mass extinction is inevitable, she says. She believes the Titans are essential to saving the world from the apocalypse mankind has created, but the U.S. government is intent on exterminating them all instead. So, she took matters into her own hands and is awakening them herself before this can happen. Mark and the others are horrified at Emma's actions and accuse her of gambling with lives and having lost her mind, but she maintains her resolve and warns them to seek shelter before signing off. Monarch finds that Emma's broadcast did not come from Isla de Mara, rather the signal was being bounced off of multiple satellites and she could really be anywhere. G-Team lands in the village near Isla de Mara to evacuate civilians while Emma deactivates the containment field on Outpost 56. The terrified civilians witness the volcano begin to erupt, after which a huge flaming creature emerges from the crater. Dr. Chen informs Mark that according to local legends, the creature is called Rodan, the Fire Demon. G-Team's fighter jets open fire on Rodan as does the Argo, angering him to the point he takes flight and pursues them. As Rodan flies above the nearby village, the resulting shockwave tears buildings from the ground and launches debris, vehicles, and even people into the sky. G-Team saves as many citizens as they can and evacuates them onto an Osprey. While chasing after the Argo, Rodan engages in a dogfight with G-Team's jets, gradually destroying them each with his talons, by creating sonic booms, and finally performing a spinning maneuver that crushes several jets with his wings. Eventually, only the Argo is left, and Rodan is hot on its heels. Monarch has also determined that the tropical storm into which Monster Zero disappeared is actually being generated by the creature himself, and is heading right toward them. The Argo lures Rodan directly into the storm and dives out of the way before reaching Monster Zero. Rodan initially evades the creature before charging directly at him and attacking. The two monsters tear into each other with their claws and teeth, prompting Stanton to remark that they're killing each other. Admiral Stenz contacts the Argo and informs Monarch that the U.S. military is taking over the situation. He says they have developed an experimental chemical weapon, the Oxygen Destroyer, to kill the Titans. The weapon has already been launched and will kill everything in a five mile radius on impact, so he warns the Argo to evacuate immediately. Monster Zero overpowers Rodan, restraining his wings with his side heads and firing a gravity beam from his middle head that blasts Rodan into the ocean below. Mark is able to force open the doors on the Argo and allows the Osprey to make an emergency crash-landing inside of it. While everyone survives the impact, Monster Zero quickly closes in on the Argo. Just before he can reach it, Godzilla leaps from the water and drags Monster Zero into it. The two Titans struggle underwater, with Godzilla fighting to keep all three heads submerged. Godzilla is able to bite down on Monster Zero's left head and forcefully tear it off. Despite Godzilla nearly being victorious, the Argo is forced to retreat as the Oxygen Destroyer draws near. The missile carrying the weapon strikes the water where the Titans are fighting, and produces a massive green explosion. The blast produces a mushroom cloud, and when the smoke clears countless dead fish float to the surface. Shortly after, the two-headed Monster Zero flies from the sea, seemingly unaffected by the blast. Godzilla, however, is seriously wounded and begins to sink into the deep, his vital signs dropping drastically. Finally, all signs of Godzilla vanish and Dr. Stanton regretfully informs everyone that he is gone.
Monster Zero touches down on the Isla de Mara volcano, where a truly hideous display takes place. An elongated tongue sprouts from the stump where the creature's left head once was, followed by sinews, skull bones, and lumps of flesh which become surrounded in a placenta-like sac. The other heads remove the sac with their mouths as the head beneath it fully regenerates in a matter of moments. Whole once more, Monster Zero shrieks out to the heavens, his call serving as a mass awakening for all of Earth's Titans. The spider-like Scylla emerges from underground in Arizona, and the horned, mountain-backed Methuselah erupts from underground near Munich, Germany. It becomes clear that Monster Zero is no ordinary Titan, he has awakened all of the others and seemingly taken command of them. Dr. Chen determines from further mythological research that Monster Zero may not be part of the natural order at all. She says that ancient legends called him "Ghidorah, the One Who is Many." A demon that fell from the stars, Ghidorah seemingly fought Godzilla in the ancient past as evidenced by cave paintings of the two locked in battle. Monarch concludes that Ghidorah must be an alien creature, explaining his unnatural abilities such as his immunity to the Oxygen Destroyer and his instant regeneration of his missing head. Rodan lands at the foot of the volcano and submits to Ghidorah, as do the other Titans all around the world. All except one. In China, a Monarch team including Dr. Brooks and Dr. Chen's twin sister Dr. Ling is observing Mothra's cocoon. They both witness the creature's beautiful imago stage emerge from the cocoon and spread her glowing wings. At Castle Bravo, Admiral Stenz addresses the current crisis before Monarch. Titans are assaulting the globe. Not only are Ghidorah, Rodan, Scylla, and Methuselah loose, but others such as the sloth-like Behemoth and a six-legged MUTO are on the rampage as well. When Stenz describes the Titans' behavior as "erratic," Mark interjects that they are actually demonstrating pack behavior. They are responding to an alpha, Ghidorah. If they can stop Ghidorah, he says, they might stop them all. Unfortunately, the only creature seemingly capable of combating Ghidorah was just killed by the military. Mark prepares to leave Castle Bravo aboard an Osprey to search for Madison himself, but is interrupted by a bright light in the sky. Mark exits the Osprey to get a better look and witnesses the clouds part as the imago Mothra appears in the sky above. Monarch detects that Mothra is emitting a sonar frequency and receiving a response... from Godzilla. They conclude that Godzilla is still alive, and that they have to find him before Ghidorah destroys the world. Mark, Chen, Stanton, and Serizawa depart via a submarine and follow Mothra to Godzilla's location, while G-Team boards the Argo and heads to the U.S. to battle Ghidorah and Rodan alongside the military.
Madison has come to grasp the horror of what her mother unleashed, and takes it upon herself to set things right. After overhearing her mother discuss with Jonah the potential to use the ORCA to control the Titans, she steals it and escapes the bunker where they are hiding in Boston. Emma makes her way to Fenway Park, where civilians are being evacuated, and begins to attach the ORCA to the stadium's sound system. The submarine comes upon a whirlpool that pulls it deeper underwater. Stanton concludes that this whirpool is actually an entrance to the Hollow Earth, and is where Godzilla retreated. The doctors are all shocked to see ancient ruins on the ocean floor. Proceeding further, they come upon an entire sunken city. Mark notes that the ruins resemble those of ancient Egypt or Rome, but Stanton states that they are considerably older. Adorning the city's walls are paintings of humans worshiping a figure that is unmistakably Godzilla. Finally, the sub detects an air pocket, and sends drones inside to investigate. They find an incredibly radioactive chamber surrounded by molten lava flows where Godzilla is lying atop a giant altar. They realize that this is Godzilla's lair, and where he goes to recover and feed on the natural radiation. Unfortunately, Godzilla may take years to recover through this process, meaning he won't be able to stop Ghidorah in time. However, it may be possible to accelerate the process by exposing Godzilla to one of the sub's nuclear torpedoes. Unfortunately, the sub sustained damage from the whirlpool and cannot fire its torpedoes. Furthermore, the radiation in Godzilla's lair is so lethal that no one could survive manually placing the warhead and arming it. However, Serizawa declares that he will do it himself. Serizawa dons a radiation suit to protect him long enough to arm the warhead, and bids farewell to Stanton, Dr. Chen, and Mark. Before leaving, he entrusts Mark with his notes. When Mark asks Serizawa if he is sure about this, he says he firmly believes that Godzilla is not only proof that man can coexist with the Titans, but he is the key to coexistence. Serizawa takes the warhead aboard a smaller submarine and departs. As the sub travels along the ruined city, Serizawa observes even more murals of Godzilla. The sub finally surfaces in the air pocket and Serizawa disembarks. Fighting through the lethal radiation and heat, Serizawa drags the warhead to the top of the altar and arms it. He removes his helmet and approaches Godzilla, who opens his eyes and looks at him. Serizawa gently places his hand on Godzilla's face and says his final words: "Goodbye, old friend." The warhead explodes, annihilating the sunken city and propelling the submarine back to the surface. Mark and Chen exit the sub and look to see if Serizawa was successful. They witness a whirlpool open near them, from which Godzilla emerges fully rejuvenated and pulsing with nuclear energy. Godzilla triumphantly fires his atomic breath into the sky, then leans forward and observes the humans. He briefly locks eyes with Mark before turning and making his way to the East Coast of the U.S. for a final confrontation with Ghidorah.
In Boston, Madison activates the ORCA, which causes the Titans around the world to suddenly cease their rampage. Ghidorah, however, is alerted to the disturbance and makes his way from Washington D.C. to Boston. He is accompanied by a massive storm that sweeps through the city before he lands at the ballpark and searches for the source of the signal. Ghidorah bites down on the loudspeakers and destroys them, then peers into the pressbox to see Madison inside. He charges his gravity beams and fires them, with Madison barely being able to evade the blasts. Madison flees into the center of the stadium but is knocked down by a nearby blast from Ghidorah. She defiantly throws the ORCA at Ghidorah, who looks down at Madison and prepares to finish her with his gravity beams before being knocked off his feet by a blast of atomic breath. Madison turns to see Godzilla triumphantly march into the city, accompanied by a full military escort. After Ghidorah gets back up, Godzilla begins running at his foe and the two Titans collide with each other, producing a shockwave that reaches the Argo. Now back aboard the Argo with the others, Stanton determines that the amount of radiation Godzilla absorbed from the explosion is too great, meaning he will explode like an atomic bomb in about 12 minutes. The priority becomes rescuing Madison before this happens, and Mark accompanies G-Team to Fenway Park in an Osprey while Godzilla and Ghidorah battle to the death. Upon realizing Madison has taken the ORCA, Emma sets out to rescue her. Before she can board a jeep to leave, Jonah and his men surround her. Jonah mocks Emma's preoccupation with finding her daughter over their mission, but she draws a gun on him. Jonah tells his men to let her leave, as they already have everything they need. As Ghidorah gains the upper hand over Godzilla, Mothra arrives and pins his heads against a building by spitting silk at them. Ghidorah frees his heads and calls out to Rodan, who attacks Mothra. With Godzilla and Ghidorah fighting on the ground while Mothra and Rodan duel in the sky, Madison seeks refuge in her and her mother's former home in Boston. Back at Fenway, Mark and G-Team cannot find Madison though they do find the damaged ORCA. Emma pulls up in her jeep and orders them all to get in. They are able to track Madison down to the house, and find her unconscious hiding inside a bathtub. Fortunately, she regains consciousness and the family is reunited at last in an embrace. Rodan seriously injures Mothra by burning her wings, and pins her against a skyscraper. Mothra dodges as Rodan attempts to stab her with his beak, and impales him through the chest with her stinger. Rodan looks down in shock as the venom immobilizes him, and he soon falls screaming furiously into the flaming city below. Ghidorah feeds on a nearby electrical transformer, charging his body with electrical energy that he projects from his wings in countless directions. He leaps at Godzilla and restrains him with his legs and tails, and begins pulling him into the air. Ghidorah wraps his middle neck around Godzilla's throat and strangles him until he goes limp, all while flying progressively higher into the sky. After soaring above the clouds, Ghidorah releases Godzilla and sends him plummeting back to the ground. Godzilla strikes the ground lifelessly, and can barely move as Ghidorah lands to finish him off. However, the injured Mothra crawls onto Godzilla and defiantly spreads her wings at Ghidorah. She then flies directly at him, only to be disintegrated by gravity beams from all three of his heads. Mothra's glowing blue energy descends onto Godzilla, causing red cracks to begin to form on his skin. Ghidorah seizes the opportunity and constricts his necks around Godzilla then bites down on him, draining his energy through his mouths. Emma and Mark race to repair the ORCA so that Ghidorah can be drawn away from Godzilla before he kills him. Mark, G-Team, and Madison board the Osprey as Emma stays behind to finish calibrating the ORCA. Once it is activated, Ghidorah releases Godzilla and begins making his way in the humans' direction. As Ghidorah draws near the Osprey, Emma realizes that it won't be able to escape him with the ORCA aboard. She takes the ORCA and enters the jeep, causing Ghidorah to chase after her while the Osprey escapes. Ghidorah pursues Emma furiously before destroying the jeep with a gravity beam. Emma is thrown from the vehicle and lands on the ground mortally wounded. As Ghidorah looms over her, she utters the phrase "Long live the king." Godzilla appears behind Ghidorah, the radiation inside his body built to critical levels to the point his skin is covered in fiery fissures and everything around him melts from the intense heat. Godzilla roars at his nemesis as his dorsal fins spark and glow. A huge nuclear pulse of energy bursts forth from Godzilla, taking the shape of Mothra's wings and making the sound of her chirp. The pulse incinerates the flesh from Ghidorah's wings, causing him to reel back. Godzilla presses his advantage and emits another pulse that disintegrates both his left and right heads. Ghidorah falls onto his back, and Godzilla proceeds to stomp on his chest. The energy inside Godzilla finally explodes, leveling a huge portion of Boston in a fiery burst of energy. The rubble left behind begins to move, after which the burned but recognizable head of Ghidorah emerges. However, it is soon revealed to be nothing more than Ghidorah's final disembodied head, and is hanging from Godzilla's mouth. Godzilla fires his atomic breath, igniting Ghidorah's head until it finally burns away into nothing. Godzilla turns to see that Scylla, Behemoth, Methuselah, and the MUTO are approaching him, and prepares to fight again if necessary. Rodan, bearing a massive wound in his chest but still very much alive and mobile, approaches Godzilla and roars up angrily at him. Godzilla stares down at Rodan, and his expression convinces the winged Titan to back down and submit to Godzilla. The other Titans follow suit, each "bowing" in their own way to the new King of the Monsters.
In the aftermath of the battle, the Titans have become docile under Godzilla's reign and have helped to rebuild the world's ecosystems. Rodan has nested in a volcano near Fiji, while Monarch has uncovered a new Titan egg. Not all is well though, as Skull Island has become unstable and Kong may not be able to keep it under control. The waters around Isla de Mara are still contaminated by the Oxygen Destroyer, and local fishermen can no longer make a living. However, one fisherman uncovered something else from the water, something which Jonah and his men have come to Mexico to see. The man leads Jonah into a room, where he shows the object in question: the head Godzilla had torn off of Ghidorah in their second battle. Jonah observes the head with diabolical intent before simply saying "We'll take it."
Staff
A transcript of Godzilla: King of the Monsters' end credits are available on SciFi Japan.
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Michael Dougherty
- Written by Max Borenstein, Michael Dougherty, Zach Shields
- Produced by Thomas Tull, Brian Rogers, Mary Parent, Alex Garcia
- Executive Producers Barry H. Waldman, Zach Shields, Yoshimitsu Banno, Kenji Okuhira
- Music by Bear McCreary
- Cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki
- Edited by Roger Barton
- Production Design by Scott Chambliss
- Assistant Directors Cliff Lanning, Thomas Robinson Harper
- Visual Effects Supervised by Guillaume Rocheron
- "Godzilla's Theme" Originally Composed by Akira Ifukube
- "Mothra's Song" Originally Composed by Yuji Koseki
- "Godzilla" Originally Written by Buck Dharma
- Performed by Serj Tankian
- Contributions by Brendon Small, Gene Hoglan
- Japanese Theme Song "Pray" Performed by [ALEXANDROS][8]
- Written by Yohei Kawakami[8]
Cast
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Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Kyle Chandler as Dr. Mark Russell, former Monarch Senior Anthrozoologist
- Vera Farmiga as Dr. Emma Russell, Monarch Chief Paleobiologist and Director of Bioacoustic Studies
- Millie Bobby Brown as Madison "Maddie" Russell, Mark and Emma's daughter
- Ken Watanabe as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa, Monarch biologist
- Ziyi Zhang as Dr. Ilene Chen, Monarch Senior Mythographer[9][10] / Dr. Ling, Monarch scientist
- Bradley Whitford as Dr. Rick Stanton, Monarch Crypto-sonographer[9][10]
- Sally Hawkins as Dr. Vivienne Graham, Monarch Senior Paleozoologist
- Charles Dance as Col. Alan Jonah, defected British Army Colonel and rogue MI6 agent[11]
- Thomas Middleditch as Dr. Sam Coleman, Monarch Director of Technology[9]
- Aisha Hinds as Col. Diane Foster, Monarch G-Team leader[9]
- O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Chief Warrant Officer Jackson Barnes, Monarch G-Team member[9]
- David Strathairn as Admiral William Stenz
- Anthony Ramos as Staff Sergeant Anthony Martinez, Monarch G-Team member[9][10]
- Elizabeth Ludlow as First Lieutenant Lauren Griffin, Monarch G-Team pilot[9]
- Jonathan Howard as Asher Jonah
- CCH Pounder as Senator Williams
- Joe Morton as Dr. Houston Brooks, retired Monarch geologist
- Randall P. Havens as Dr. Tim Mancini, Monarch entomologist
- Lyle Brocato as Executive Officer Bowman
- Jimmy Gonzales as Commander Crane
- TC Matherne as Master Sergeant Hendricks
- Kenneth Israel as USS Argo Deck Officer Zellner
- Justice Leak as Monarch Officer Martin
- Al Vicente as Isla De Mara Fisherman
- Rose Bianco as Isla De Mara Grandmother
- Gabriel Silva as Isla De Mara Grandson
- Skylar Denney as USS Argo Officer Arvin
- Kelli Garner as USS Argo Officer Cross
- Tyler Crumley as Young Andrew
- Alexandra Rabe as Young Madison
- Zac Zedalis as Sergeant Travis
- Tracie Garrison as Asaj
- Natalie Shaheen as Lieutenant Bottin
- Jesse O'Neill as Corporal Winston
- Joshua Leary as Sergeant Baker
- Vince Foster as G-Team Officer Tippett
- Shauna Rappold as G-Team Officer Harryhausen
- Fiona Hardingham, Orelon Sidney, Paul Ryden, Laurie Dhue as News Anchors
- Kevin Shinick as Weather Man
- TJ Storm as Godzilla (motion capture)
- Jason Liles as King Ghidorah (motion capture, middle head) / Rodan (motion capture)
- Alan Maxson as King Ghidorah (motion capture, right head)
- Richard Dorton as King Ghidorah (motion capture, left head)
Japanese Dub
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Kei Tanaka as Dr. Mark Russell[12]
- Yoshino Kimura as Dr. Emma Russell[12]
- Mana Ashida as Madison Russell[12]
- Yoshito Yasuhara as Dr. Rick Stanton
- Rieko Takahashi as Dr. Vivienne Graham
- Takaya Hashi as Col. Alan Jonah
- Kobayashi Chikahiro as Dr. Sam Coleman
- Kimiko Saito as Col. Diane Foster
- Satoru Matsuo as Chief Warrant Officer Jackson Barnes
- Katsuhiko Sasaki as Admiral William Stenz
- Ken Watanabe as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
- Yuko Kaida as Dr. Ilene Chen / Dr. Ling
- Komatu Toshimasa as Staff Sergeant Anthony Martinez
- Nanako Mori as First Lieutenant Lauren Griffin
Appearances
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Development
- Main article: Godzilla: King of the Monsters/Development.
Godzilla director Gareth Edwards stated that he wanted the film to stand on its own with a definitive ending, with no teaser for a sequel.[14]</ref> Nonetheless, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures greenlit a sequel on May 18, 2014, after Godzilla's successful opening weekend.[15] Edwards was announcned as the director, but no cast members were confirmed to return.
On July 26, 2014, a teaser for the untitled sequel screened at San Diego Comic-Con, revealing that Rodan, Mothra and King Ghidorah would all be appearing.[16] A month later, the release date was set for June 8, 2018. The four-year gap between Godzilla and Godzilla 2 was due to Gareth Edwards signing on to direct Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and as a result being unavailable to begin work on Godzilla 2 until 2016. In an interview with Collider conducted in early August 2015, writer Max Borenstein revealed that he was writing the script for the film, promising that the sequel would do "bigger and even better things" than the first film.[17]
On October 14, 2015, Legendary Pictures announced a remake of King Kong vs. Godzilla titled Godzilla vs. Kong, set for release in 2020 and serving as a sequel to both Godzilla 2 and Legendary's Kong: Skull Island.[18] On May 10, 2016, the release dates of both Godzilla 2 and Godzilla vs. Kong shifted from March 22, 2019 and May 29, 2020 respectively.[19] Three days later, Deadline reported that Gareth Edwards had left the film in order to pursue other projects.[20] On October 20, 2016, Variety reported that Michael Dougherty and Zach Shields, who had recently co-wrote Legendary's Christmas horror-comedy Krampus, would be stepping in as the new writers for Godzilla 2. The sequel's official title was revealed on December 14, 2016: Godzilla: King of the Monsters[21]
On January 23rd, 2017, Variety reported that writer Michael Dougherty would also direct the film.[22] Four days later, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Millie Bobby Brown of Stranger Things fame would star in the film.[23] Other principal cast members were announced from February 21 to July 10, including Ken Watanabe and Sally Hawkins reprising their roles as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa and Dr. Vivienne Graham, respectively.
Following production, TheWrap reported that Jason Liles, who had recently portrayed the giant gorilla George through motion capture in the film Rampage, would be acting as one of King Ghidorah's motion capture actors in the film.[24] The same day, Empire explained that Liles would specifically be portraying King Ghidorah's middle head, with Alan Maxson and Richard Dorton playing the other two heads and additional motion capture actors performing as the monster's body.[25]
Godzilla: King of the Monsters was delayed once more on May 23, 2018, pushed back to May 31, 2019.[6]
Production
Principal photography on Godzilla: King of the Monsters began on June 19, 2017, at Blackhall Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.[26] To aid the actors in reacting to the off-camera monsters, Dougherty used a iPad-controlled speaker system called "The Behemoth" to play their roars.[27] Scenes set in the historic center of Mexico City were shot on location from August 19 to 22. Production wrapped on September 27.
Marketing
Gallery
- Main article: Godzilla: King of the Monsters/Gallery.
Soundtrack
Alternate Titles
- Godzilla II: King of the Monsters (international title)[28]
- Godzilla II: King of the Monsters (Godzilla II: Rey de los monstruos; Spain)
- Godzilla II: The King of the Monsters (Godzilla II: el Rey de los monstruos; Latin America)[29]
- Godzilla 2: King of Monsters (Годзилла 2: Король монстров Godzilla 2: Korol' monstrov; Russia)
- Godzilla 2: King of Monsters (Годзила 2: Краљ чудовишта Godzila 2: Kralj čudovišta; Serbia)
- Godzilla II: King of Monsters (Godzilla II: Rei dos Monstros; Brazil)
- Godzilla 2: King of the Monsters (哥斯拉2:怪兽之王 Gēsīlā 2: Guàishòu zhī wáng; China)
- Godzilla II: King of the Monsters (哥吉拉II:怪獸之王 Gējílā II: Guàishòu zhī wáng; Taiwan)
- Godzilla II: King of the Behemoths (哥斯拉II: 王者巨獸 Go1si1laai1 II: Wong4ze2 geoi6sau3; Hong Kong)
- Godzilla: King of Monsters (ゴジラ キング・オブ・モンスターズJapan) Gojira Kingu Obu Monsutāzu,
- Godzilla 2 (Early title)
- Fathom (Working title)
Theatrical Releases
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Premium Formats
- RealD 3D (post-converted)
- IMAX
- 4DX
- ScreenX[30]
- Dolby Vision and Atmos
Japanese Release
Godzilla: King of the Monsters was released theatrically in Japan by Toho, as Godzilla: King of Monsters (ゴジラ キング・オブ・モンスターズ. Whereas the first entry in the Gojira Kingu Obu Monsutāzu)MonsterVerse, Godzilla, was released in Japan over two months after its U.S. release, the sequel was released in Japan on May 31, the same day it is released in the U.S. A Japanese dub for the film was recorded at Toho Studios, while the rock band [ALEXANDROS] provided a theme song titled "Pray" exclusively for the Japanese-dubbed version of the film. In addition to the dubbed version, the film was also screened in its original English language with Japanese subtitles. A special early screening event for the film was held at the Toho Cinema Shinjuku on Monday, May 27, with a blue carpet ceremony featuring many of the film's staff and cast members taking place beforehand. The theater is located in Hotel Gracery Shinjuku, the site of the Godzilla Head and the premiere of Shin Godzilla in 2016.
Videos
- Main article: Godzilla: King of the Monsters/Videos.
Trivia
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters is the first Godzilla film released during the political Reiwa period of Japan.
- The release gap between this film and its predecessor marks the longest gap between the first two entries of a series of Godzilla films, narrowly surpassing the almost exactly five-year gap between The Return of Godzilla and Godzilla vs. Biollante to begin the Heisei series. It is not however the longest period between a Godzilla film and its immediate sequel, a distinction which goes to the seven-year hiatus between Godzilla Raids Again and King Kong vs. Godzilla.
- While its predecessor Godzilla was noted by some for similarities with the 1995 film Gamera: Guardian of the Universe,[31] Godzilla: King of the Monsters also features some parallels with the other films of director Shusuke Kaneko. Godzilla's physical appearance has changed since the last film, much like how Gamera's appearance evolved in each film of the Heisei trilogy. The film also incorporates the idea that the kaiju have inspired creatures from real-world mythologies, a concept featured in both Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris and Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. Both Mothra and King Ghidorah's new designs in this film share some traits with their revamped designs from GMK. After seeing the film, Kaneko himself acknowledged the similarities between Godzilla: King of the Monsters and GMK.[32]
- Five minor military characters in the film are each named after a noted special effects artist.
- Lieutenant Bottin is named after special make-up effect creator Rob Bottin, who worked on films such as The Thing, RoboCop, Total Recall, and the 1976 remake of King Kong.
- Corporal Winston is named after late special make-up effect creator Stan Winston, known for his work on the Terminator films, Jurassic Park, Aliens, and many more. Winston and his studio were also set to handle the monster effects for the original 1994 incarnation of TriStar Pictures' GODZILLA before Terry Rossio and Ted Elliot's script was replaced by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin's version.
- Sergeant Baker is named after retired special make-up effect creator Rick Baker, who designed and portrayed King Kong in the 1976 remake and is also widely regarded for his effects work in An American Werewolf in London. Baker also had a cameo in the 2005 version of King Kong, and is a good friend of longtime Godzilla series suit modeler Shinichi Wakasa.
- G-Team Officer Tippett is named after director and visual effects supervisor Phil Tippett, whose work includes the original Star Wars trilogy, RoboCop, and Jurassic Park.
- G-Team Officer Harryhausen is named after late stop-motion animation pioneer Ray Harryhausen, who worked on films such as The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts, and Clash of the Titans.
- The film's credits end with a dedication to original Godzilla suit actor Haruo Nakajima and Godzilla vs. Hedorah director Yoshimitsu Banno, both of whom passed away in 2017. Banno is also posthumously credited as an executive producer on the film, a role he previously served for the 2014 film.
- After going uncredited in the 2014 film, Godzilla's motion capture actor TJ Storm is credited for reprising the role in this film. Jason Liles, Alan Maxson, and Richard Dorton are all credited for their performance as King Ghidorah. However, they are all listed among the crew, while the cast list states that Godzilla, King Ghidorah, Mothra, and Rodan were all portrayed by themselves.
- This is the only Godzilla film to date to lack an opening title card. Instead, the film's title is displayed at the start of the end credits.
- The film's opening emulates the opening of the original Godzilla film from 1954, beginning with the sound of Godzilla's footsteps followed by his roar. Shin Godzilla also opened similarly, although it used the same sound effects from the 1954 film.
- The numerical designations of the Monarch outposts surrounding each of the four main Titans in the film all contain allusions.
- Outpost 61 references the release year of Mothra's debut film, 1961.
- Outpost 56 references the release year of Rodan's debut film, 1956.
- Outpost 54 likewise references the release year of Godzilla's debut film, 1954.
- Outpost 32 serves as a reference to Outpost 31, the primary location in the 1982 sci-fi horror film The Thing. The titular creature in that film, much like King Ghidorah, is an alien monster that became frozen in the Antarctic ice in the ancient past only to be released in the present day. 32 is also half of 64, possibly referencing the year of King Ghidorah's film debut, 1964.
- While in this film Mothra originates from China rather than Infant Island, a photograph is shown of Dr. Ilene Chen's mother and aunt, who are twins, labeled "Infant Island, 1961." The trait of identical twin sisters that runs in Dr. Chen's family serves as an homage to the Shobijin, Mothra's miniature twin priestesses who accompany her in the majority of her appearances. During the scene where Chen's twin sister Dr. Ling observes Mothra emerging from her cocoon, her hair is styled much like the Shobijin's often is.
- The turrets that G-Team commandeers when Godzilla approaches the Castle Bravo base are Maser Turrets. Maser Cannons are a recurring fictional anti-kaiju weapon in the Godzilla franchise first introduced in The War of the Gargantuas and featured in numerous films ever since.
- While the Oxygen Destroyer is never directly shown in the film, the digital schematic that briefly appears onscreen aboard the USS Argo shows that it is shaped almost exactly like the original version of the device from the 1954 film.
- Dr. Ishiro Serizawa's sacrifice in this film is a complete subversion of Dr. Daisuke Serizawa's sacrifice in the original 1954 film. Whereas the original Serizawa burned his research notes before killing himself along with Godzilla using the Oxygen Destroyer, here Serizawa makes sure to leave behind his notes before sacrificing himself to help Godzilla recover from the Oxygen Destroyer.
- While in the 2014 film Godzilla's roars were entirely new, Godzilla: King of the Monsters incorporates his classic roars from the Showa series at several points. In addition, Mothra's roars include some of her classic chirping sound effects.
- There are several monster scenes in Godzilla: King of the Monsters that mirror those in past films.
- King Ghidorah is initially found frozen in ice, which also occurs in GMK.
- During Godzilla and King Ghidorah's first confrontation in Antarctica, there is a wide shot of them facing off that is framed similarly to a shot from Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah just before the monsters' first battle.
- Rodan engages in a high-speed dogfight with fighter jets over a body of water, which also happened in the character's debut film.
- Godzilla and King Ghidorah engage in an underwater battle. The military intervenes by firing the Oxygen Destroyer missile at the two, only for it to incapacitate Godzilla but leave Ghidorah otherwise unharmed. This is a subversion of the final battle in GMK, in which the JSDF tries to hit Godzilla with a D-03 Missile as he battles with King Ghidorah underwater, only for the missile to accidentally strike King Ghidorah instead.
- During the final battle, as Ghidorah lifts Godzilla into the sky, he constricts his middle neck around Godzilla's throat and strangles him, an attack he also used in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah.
- Mothra is annihilated by a direct blast from Ghidorah's gravity beams in an attempt to defend Godzilla. This is reminiscent of both GMK and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., in which she is destroyed in a similar manner by Godzilla's atomic breath while attempting to defend either human characters (in GMK) or her larvae (in S.O.S.).
- Before her death, the seriously wounded Mothra crawls onto Godzilla as he is left nearly dead following Ghidorah's most recent attack. After Ghidorah kills her, Mothra's energy flows into Godzilla, ultimately providing him with the power he needs to triumph over Ghidorah. A similar scenario plays out in the climax of Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II, in which the mortally wounded Fire Rodan lands on top of the crippled Godzilla and in his dying act transfers his energy into him. The revived Godzilla begins emitting intense heat and radiation and goes on to easily destroy Super Mechagodzilla.
- Mothra's revival of Godzilla also echoes the climactic battle of GMK, in which after being destroyed by Godzilla's atomic breath, Mothra's energy flows into the unconscious Ghidorah and revives him as King Ghidorah so that he can continue the battle against Godzilla.
- Ghidorah bites down on Godzilla with his three heads and lifts him into the air, draining his energy which is shown visibly passing through his necks. Keizer Ghidorah does the same thing to Godzilla in the final battle of Godzilla: Final Wars.
- Godzilla becomes overloaded with nuclear energy to the point characters fear he may explode. Eventually, the energy builds to critical levels and Godzilla's skin becomes covered in glowing red patterns as he emits a tremendously high temperature. This same thing occurs in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah.
- Godzilla defeats Ghidorah with a series of nuclear pulses that each deal devastating damage to him. This is reminiscent of both Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, in which Godzilla frees himself from King Ghidorah's grip and gains the upper hand with a well-timed nuclear pulse, and Godzilla vs. Destoroyah where Godzilla bombards Destoroyah with a series of intense nuclear pulses that force him to try to flee.
External Links
- Official site
- Official Japanese site
- Official Twitter account
- Official Japanese Twitter account
- Official UK Twitter account
- Official Facebook page
- Official UK Facebook page
- Official Weibo account
- Monarch on Twitter
- Monarch Sciences viral site
- Bloody Disgusting set visit
- Collider set visit
- IGN set visit
- JoBlo set visit
- Toho Kingdom set visit
- SciFi Japan licensed product guide
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