In Cinema: Godzilla x Kong The New Kingdom… What you need to know about the return of these legendary monsters?

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The almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla join forces against a terrifying, yet mysterious threat that threatens to destroy them and threaten the survival of the human species.

“The New Kingdom” Retraces the origins of the two titans and the mysteries of Skull Island, while revealing the mythical battle that helped shape these two extraordinary creatures and forever linked their fate to that of man…

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…and we continue! In 2021, while many theaters were still closed due to the pandemic, Godzilla and King Kong hit the screens (small, VOD and SVOD required) and then joined forces against another enemy. At the end of the feature film, which we also summarized very well for you.

Three years later they are still here. in the cinema. So let’s not multiply as the title Godzilla x Kong suggests, but continue to unite. For that “Win Together or Die Alone”As it is written on the posters with the tag, that the French football team and his “We live together, we die together” at the 2006 World Championship.

But where, how, with whom?

Journey to the Center of the Earth (Deep)

Interviewed in the previous opus (then in season 1 of the Monarch series, which serves to tie some of the films together, but you don’t have to watch it to understand), the hollow earth is the main part of the adventure here.

The flourishing central core, which connects several points of the Earth together, obeys its own rules (especially in terms of gravity) that Kong has lived in since the end of the previous opus (and the destruction of his island Skull Island), and some of the many mysteries that remain to be discovered will be revealed here. For better and for worse.

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If Godzilla x Kong takes time to get to know him, the action has already revealed the true big villain of the story. The one who united two legendary monsters before his eyes: Scar King.

A giant and merciless orangutan, whose mythology is somewhat revised here, but who presents himself as the main threat of the story, who is not stingy with all kinds of creatures. As always with films featuring Godzilla and King Kong as the leads since the release of the Gareth Edwards feature in 2014.

As the two titans must be the heroes of the story, other creatures must threaten humans and the planet. And it’s not here, as a bonus, the return of a well-known monster to fans that we thought we would never see again in the cinema, which was deleted from one of the promotional photos.

Men and Gods

Then what about people? Guaranteed by the audience’s identification and the gigantism demanded by the setting, they are here in slightly smaller numbers than in the previous episode, as they are quickly reduced to a small group sent to a hollow earth (and one of its members is quickly amputated). ).

Already in Godzilla vs. Kong, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry and deaf actress Kaylee Hotley are back. And the latter will have a crucial role in the story, putting him at the center of the mythology of the shared universe that began ten years ago.

A new baby joins the trio: Dan Stevens. Who Finds Director Adam Wingard After The Guest. And steals most of his scenes, skinned by a vet wearing a shirt worthy of Ace Ventura.

Connection to Godzilla Minus One?

If you’re one of those who was impressed by Godzilla Minus One, the 2024 Oscar winner for Best Visual Effects, know that this movie has nothing to do with it. And that it only shares with him the existence of the famous giant lizard.

This Godzilla x Kong is the fifth feature film in the MonsterVerse, a shared universe around the titans that began in 2014 and which also features the Monarch series available on AppleTV+. And it can be seen in theaters from April 3.