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GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE MOVIE REVIEW
This new film in the monsterverse continues the story from the last film where Godzilla was VS Kong instead of X Kong (which we’re still not sure what the x is specifically supposed to mean as they never multiply them by each other). To be clear, this is in the American monsterverse, not the Japanese one rebooted recently with Godzilla Minus One. This is an important distinction because Godzilla Minus One is a magnificent film, arguably the best Godzilla film ever made. And the American monsterverse is, well, sometimes it’s a lot of dumb fun. Which is what we were hoping for here, but clearly not everyone got what they wanted. Kong, now in the Hollow Earth, mopes around looking for evidence of other great apes. Godzilla up on the surface is getting super-charged, for reasons no one is sure of but it seems to indicate a massive new kaiju threat is coming. The humans (notably Rebecca Hall, Kaylee Hottle, and Brian Tyree Henry who were in the last film) are investigating a mysterious signal coming from Hollow Earth. Sooner or later all their paths will collide and kaiju stomping will commence. But for the movie stomping, we’ll leave that to Chris, Alan, and Marco who decidedly have a mixed reaction (at best).
DIRECTED BY: Adam Wingard
STARRING: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns, Fala Chen, Rachel House, Ron Smyck, Chantelle Jamiesson, Greg Hatton, Kevin Copeland, Tess Dobré, Tim Carroll, Anthony Brandon Wong
YOUR REVIEWERS
Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)
Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.
Alan Galinsky (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Deliberations of Doom)
Born and raised in Texas, Alan Galinsky is a lifetime movie fan. As a youth, he would rent multiple movies every weekend and go to the theater for the latest releases, and that pace has remained steady. When Alan isn’t watching movies, you can find him talking about movies. When he’s not talking about movies, you can find him playing music in the band Delicate Boys.
Marco Noyola (Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Audio Editor)
By day, Marco is a mild-mannered office worker, but by night he is a mild-mannered movie watcher. He does other mild-mannered stuff too.
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