King Kong vs. Mechagodzilla
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A sequel to King of the Monsters and Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla vs. Kong is a 2021 American science fiction monster film produced by Legendary Pictures. It is the fourth installment in the MonsterVerse series after Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019).
Godzilla vs. Kong has a rocky development, first scheduled for release on May 29, 2020, then being moved back to March 13, 2020, only to be postponed again to November 20, 2020, and finally to May 21, 2021. It was then rescheduled for March 26, 2021, before finally arriving in American cinemas on March 31, 2021. Additionally, the film was streamed simultaneously on HBO Max until April 30, 2021.
Godzilla vs. Kong pits two famous adversaries against one another in a battle for the survival of the Earth. The journey is perilous, but it eventually brings Kong and his guards to Jia, a tiny orphaned girl with whom Kong has formed an unbreakable bond of love and devotion. They find themselves in the path of an enraged Godzilla, who attacks them. All that is known about the mystery that exists deep inside the Earth's core is only the beginning.
Nathan, Ilene, Jia, and an Apex crew lead by Walter's daughter Maia board a customized barge with a mildly drugged Kong chained up. That night, Kong gets restless and anxious, but Jia soothes him down by having her and Kong hold fingers in solidarity, while Kong signs the word "home" for Ilene. It's the following day that Ilene tells Nathan how she raised Jia as her own when violent and unpredictable storms killed most of the Iwi and her parents, but Jia was the lone survivor since Kong protected her, leading to their relationship.
In that location, the three disembark and find themselves inside a vast dark chamber, where they come across Apex's ultimate weapon, "Mechagodzilla" a mechanized counterpart of Godzilla controlled by Dr. Ishiro Serizawa's son, Walter's chief technology officer Ren Serizawa, who is also Walter's chief technology officer. As soon as Mechagodzilla is launched, Walter releases a gigantic adult Skullcrawler designated "Number 10" into the chamber in order to put the mecha's might against the Titans to the ultimate test. Madison, Josh, and Bernie are on the verge of being attacked by the Skullcrawler when it is grabbed and restrained by Mechagodzilla, who uses a powerful red energy beam to cleave the Skullcrawler in half, allowing Madison, Josh, and Bernie to take refuge in a small hatch. However, because to the restrictions of the power source, the test is cut short when the mecha shuts down immediately after the conclusion of the exam.
In the next scene, it is revealed that Walter aims to harness the energy of the Hollow Earth in order to overcome Mechagodzilla's constraints. Madison then understands that Mechagodzilla is the cause for Godzilla's assault in the first place: Apex is attempting to replace him and all of the Titans in order for humans to become the Earth's apex species, which is why Godzilla attacked. When Madison and the others are trying to find an exit, they come across a room where Ren is sitting inside the severed head of Ghidorah, which has been transformed into a biological supercomputer and cockpit for Ren to control Mechagodzilla through radio waves after Apex acquired it from Alan Jonah five years ago during Godzilla's battle with Ghidorah.
Godzilla can't fly, which is a good thing. Maia and her crew attempt to flee in their HEAV, but Kong snags it on the way out and crushes it in his hand, killing Maia and her team within.
Hearing Godzilla's scream as he gives him with another challenge, Kong accepts and begins to make his way to Hong Kong with his axe in hand through the hole caused by Godzilla's atomic breath, as Ilene, Nathan, and Jia follow him in their HEAV. When Kong confronts Godzilla in Hong Kong, he battles him again, this time getting the upper hand and shoving his axe down Godzilla's throat to prevent him from launching his atomic breath. Kong realizes that his axe is capable of not only blocking Godzilla's atomic breath, but also absorbing it, and uses his weapon to harm the Titan in the thigh, however Godzilla immediately removes and discards the axe. After evading and dodging Godzilla's assaults with the help of Hong Kong's structures and greater agility, Kong recovers his axe and brings it down on Godzilla, causing an explosion that pushes both Titans back, convincing Nathan that Kong has won the second round.
Godzilla is so taken aback by Kong's power and skill that he spares his life and walks away, leaving him alive but severely injured.
When Walter returns to the Apex headquarters, he is overjoyed and orders Ren to dispatch Mechagodzilla to fight Godzilla. Though Ren cautions him against utilizing the new Hollow Earth energy source without first testing it, he dismisses Ren's warning and tells him to activate the mecha without hesitation. Bernie, Madison, and Josh are apprehended by security for invading Apex headquarters and are transferred to Walter's place of confinement. Despite the fact that Madison blames Walter of inciting Godzilla to war and caused everything to come to this, Walter boldly says that he took responsibility for providing humanity a chance to fight back against Godzilla and the Titans in the first place.
Mechagodzilla suddenly goes crazy under the influence of both the energy source and Ghidorah's brain networks, unbeknownst to Walter as he is monologuing about his invention with his back turned, ending in the robot murdering Walter with a sweep of its hand and Ren being electrocuted to death. In this episode, Mechagodzilla, who has been possessed by Ghidorah's mind, escapes from the Apex facility under Victoria Peak Mountain and rampages over the city before coming face to face with Godzilla. Once it comes into touch with Godzilla, Mechagodzilla launches a volley of missiles at the monster's biological counterpart before the two engage in a pitched combat.
While Josh and Bernie attempt in vain to remotely deactivate the rampaging robot and Madison summons Mark for assistance, Godzilla and Mechagodzilla battle, at one point both firing their energy beams at each other that lock together, only for Mechagodzilla to gain the upper hand, knocking Godzilla over and burning him. While Mechagodzilla proceeds to overrun and humiliate Godzilla, Nathan, Ilene, and Jia approach an unconscious Kong, who Jia notices has a slower pulse. Ilene explains that they are unable to generate a charge large enough to restart Kong's heart, but Nathan, recalling Maia's earlier statement about the HEAVs producing a charge large enough to power Las Vegas for a week, flies the remaining HEAV onto Kong's chest and sets it to self-destruct, detonating the craft and unleashing a massive electrical charge that instantly revives Kong.
Kong stops to watch Godzilla's battle with Mechagodzilla while on his way to visit Jia. Kong initially doubts her after seeing Godzilla's destruction at the hands of Mechagodzilla's mechanical arm, but Jia finally convinces him that Mechagodzilla is the "real" danger. Before joining the battle to aid Godzilla with a dislocated leg, Kong ultimately accepts and puts his animosity aside.
As Mechagodzilla prepares to fire its crimson energy beam into Godzilla's throat, Kong jumps atop the robot and deflect the beam into the air, thereby sparing Godzilla's life. Godzilla assists Kong in his struggle against Mechagodzilla after realizing Kong saved his life and recognizing an ally in him after witnessing that he is not an opponent.
The two Titans work together to change the tide, but the robot outclasses them. Kong reclaims his axe from the ruins after losing it earlier in his fight with Godzilla, but his weapon has lost its charge and is ineffectual against Mechagodzilla, who tries to impale Kong with its tail drill. All appears lost for Kong and Godzilla as Bernie, understanding there is nothing he and the others can do, takes out a flask of booze, proposing that they all have a drink. However, Josh, suddenly having an idea, snatches the flask out of Bernie's hand and short-circuits Mechagodzilla's controls by pouring the contents of the drink all over the control panel, making Mechagodzilla momentarily stall and giving Godzilla and Kong the opportunity to recover and regain the upper hand.
Seeing Kong clutching his axe, Godzilla supercharges it by blasting the weapon with his atomic breath, enabling Kong to dismember Mechagodzilla limb from limb and tearing its head off before holding up his prize with a tremendous cry of victory and sitting down to rest.
Sometime later, Monarch have created an observation post in the Hollow Earth. One day, Ilene, Nathan and Jia watch as Kong passes by on his morning walk. After signing "home" to Jia, Kong swings onto a cliff, pounds his chest and roars, declaring himself as the king of the Hollow Earth and happily embracing it as his new home and kingdom.
The prevailing consensus is that Godzilla vs. Kong is a good movie. On Rotten Tomatoes as of April 16, 2021, the film has 341 reviews, 254 of which are fresh, and a "Tomatometer" with a 74% certified Fresh score. Critics have agreed that Godzilla vs. Kong delivers on its title, removing human drama and character development in favor of the sheer spectacle of huge monsters battling it out.
They haven't featured together in a film together in 59 years, since King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962).
Kyle Chandler has appeared in two films based on King Kong, the first being Peter Jackson's 2005 adaptation.
The sequence in which Kong slams his right shoulder against a building to reposition it (after it was dislocated previously) might be a reference to Martin Riggs' notorious ability in the Lethal Weapon series.
Several allusions to the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion may be seen in the film:
The location of Mechagodzilla's base is similar to that of the Central Dogma, being subterranean and topped by a pyramid.
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