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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire overdoes it all
Godzilla x Kong takes Legendary’s Monsterverse in a wild new direction.
But with the memory of King Ghidorah, Rodan, and Mechagodzilla still relatively fresh in people’s minds, they’re willing to accept that Godzilla belongs on the planet’s surface to keep other Titans down in the Hollow Earth — the mysterious realm where giant apes like Kong originated. But as interesting as the visual presentation of Kong’s story is, The New Empire pivots back to its human characters to explain what’s happening so frequently that it feels like the studio doesn’t trust audiences to be able to follow along. Kong and Skar King’s clashes in the Hollow Earth are brutal and cleverly shot in ways that almost make you forget how humongous the Titans are as you see them flying through the air, wielding their primal weapons.
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