Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” a film darker than a Russian wake.Running time: 113 minutes. Rated PG-13 (intense sequences of creature violence/destruction and brief language).I was a bit concerned at the start of the new one, though.
Director Adam Wingard’s movie — out Wednesday in theaters and streaming on HBO Max — begins with a lazy Kong mulling about Skull Island and scratching his butt while the upbeat song “Over the Mountain, Across the Sea” plays.
Pretty stupid. This franchise shouldn’t take itself too seriously, but it shouldn’t be a CBS sitcom pilot.Worry not. The initial lightness serves as misdirection for an exciting sci-fi reveal — that the island has been turned into a cage to keep Kong trapped for his and humanity’s.
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