Film Review

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

When Godzilla starts attacking people for no apparent reason, humanity turns to King Kong for help.

Outside of Marvel Studios, Legendary have perhaps the most successful attempt to create a cinematic universe. Even if the so-called ‘MonsterVerse’ is primarily a Godzilla saga with a reimagining of King Kong thrown in, foreshadowing a moment when those two iconic monsters would fight for supremacy. So, after Gareth Edwards’ ponderous but intelligent Godzilla (2014), Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ fun retro adventure Kong: Skull Island (2017), and Michael Dougherty’s overburdened slog Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), comes the long-awaited Godzilla vs. Kong from director Adam Wingard (Blair Witch).

It’s not the first time these famous monsters have appeared together on film. Toho Pictures got the rights to King Kong from RKO in 1962, allowing Ishirō Honda to make Kingu Kongu tai Gojira / King Kong vs. Godzilla the same year. And it now just so happens that Warner Bros., who own Legendary Pictures, have the rights to new versions of those characters.