Release date: May 8th 2014 (Dolby theatre release). May 16th 2014 (US release).
Story: After a horrible accident that killed his mother fifteen years ago, US Marine bomb disposal expert Ford Brody returns home to be with his family. Yet he is called to come and collect his father in Japan who has been caught trespassing in an quarantine zone. It turns out that his father (named Joe) believes that the accident wasn't an accident and that something else had caused it. And it turns out that he was right when two giant monsters (named Mutos) have awakened and are rampaging across America. Yet there is hope for mankind. And it comes in the form of another giant monster... named Godzilla.
My thoughts: This is a very great movie. The characters may be on the dull side (apart from Joe Brody) but it's Godzilla and the Mutos that make up for it. Apart from the small amount of time that the monsters are on screen (everyone keeps complaining that the movie concentrates more on the people instead of the kaijus and also that it keeps cutting away from the kaiju action. Yet there are other Godzilla films that do the same. And others where Godzilla shows up even less then in this movie), it is still a great film. Godzilla looks impressive, the Mutos look cool, and the build up to these monsters is great. It's sequel (Godzilla: King of the Monsters) is already in cinemas and I would highly recommend you go and see it.
My score: Five stars.
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