Mapping The MonsterVerse – Map-It

TL;DR – We map all the destruction and Kaiju action from the MonsterVerse

Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Image Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures.

Mapping The MonsterVerse

Well, it is Easter at the time of writing this, and the latest entry into the MonsterVerse, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, has landed in cinemas. The MonsterVerse is the universe from Legendary where Godzilla fights a bunch of other Kaijus/Titans, including Kong, and usually in the middle of populated cities.  

With that in mind, we thought it would be interesting to see what it looks like when we chart all that destruction onto a map. WARNING: there will be some Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Spoilers ahead.

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Godzilla vs. Kong – Movie Review

TL;DR – A bombastic visual spectacle that explodes on the screen and never lets up.    

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Post-Credit Scene – There is no post-credit scene.

NominatedExplosive Action, Most Fun & Fascinating Worldbuilding
WinnerExplosive Action

Disclosure – I was invited to a Press Screening of this film.

Godzilla vs. Kong. Image Credit: Warner Bros Pictures.

Godzilla vs. Kong Review

There have been several attempts to create Cinematic Universes across modern cinema, but most of them have fallen flat. However, one of the few rays of light in this space has been the visual delight that has been the MonsterVerse. It has been bombast on the big screen, as giant monsters battle each other for supremacy as we watch on. Today, we look at the next film in that franchise that pits our two heroes from the previous movies against each other.     

So to set the scene, it has been several years since Godzilla became the alpha at the end of Godzilla: King of the Monsters. In that time, Godzilla has kept the other titans in their home areas, much to the joy of the humans living in the world. However, one day, Godzilla surges out of the water near Pensacola, Florida. The titan makes a beeline for the Apex factory tearing apart everything in its way. In the factory, a whistleblower Bernie Hayes (Brian Tyree Henry), is trying to find what Apex is up to because they are up to something shady. Meanwhile, on Skull Island, King Kong is taking his daily walk when he comes across a little girl, Jia (Kaylee Hottle), in the forest. However, as they bond, Kong feels a threat coming and sharpens a tree javelin, ready to take it down.

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